STAND. COM. REP. NO.3102

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: S.C.R. No. 69

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health and Human Services, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 69 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE STATE OF HAWAII TO ALLOCATE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE RESIDENTIAL ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY CARE PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allocate funding for the Residential Alternative Community Care Program that shall be matched by federal funds.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Department of Human Services and a Maui County Council Member.

Your Committee finds that the funds allocated will assist the growing need for long-term care in a community-based family setting. The Residential Alternative Community Care Program provides individuals with an alternative to institutionalization, and all providers must meet stringent requirements set by the Program, the State, and the federal government with respect to the Medicaid Waiver Program.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health and Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 69 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health and Human Services,

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DAVID MATSUURA, Chair