STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1766

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 131
                                     S.D. 3
                                     H.D. 3




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No.
131, S.D. 3, H.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to establish mechanisms for
studying and evaluating significant issues relating to long-term
care.

     The Executive Office on Aging, Hawaii State Commission on
the Status of Women, Hawaii State Association of Life
Underwriters, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, AlohaCare,
Benefit Services of Hawaii, Inc., Hawaii Long Term Care
Association, AARP, and several individuals testified in support
of the bill.  The Hawaii State Teachers Association testified in
support of the intent of the bill.  The Department of Human
Services, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Bank of
Hawaii, Coalition for Affordable Long Term Care, American Council
of Life Insurance, Hawaii Public Employees Health Fund
Administrator, and several individuals commented on the bill.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Deleting the amounts stated in the appropriation
          sections; and


 
 
 
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     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
          purposes of style and clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
131, S.D. 3, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it
pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 131,
S.D. 3, H.D. 3.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair