Report Title:

State Long-term Caregiver Registry; Licensing Program

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.C.R. NO.

29

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 
   


HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

urging the formation of a working group to develop a statewide certification program for long-term care providers.

 

WHEREAS, the number of Hawaii residents who are elderly and disabled is expanding; and

WHEREAS, with this expansion, Hawaii needs more services, facilities, and caregivers; and

WHEREAS, there are caregivers for the elderly who are not licensed and who have not undergone a thorough criminal history check, if at all; and

WHEREAS, with the rapid expansion of services into the community, there needs to be established appropriate standards and safeguards so that the quality of care is not compromised; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-First Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2001, the Senate concurring, that all state and private entities providing long-term care are urged to form a working group to develop a statewide certification program for long-term care providers and caregivers that would include development of:

(1) Standardize training and courses for licensing;

(2) A registry of all certified caregivers;

(3) A partnership with private insurance companies to provide services for licensed caregivers; and

(4) A system to ensure complete criminal and history checks;

and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Governor, and Directors of Human Services, Health, Commerce and Consumer Affairs, and the Executive Office of Aging.

 

 

 

OFFERED BY:

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