STAND. COM. REP. NO.  2066

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 188

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 188, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU TO STUDY OTHER STATES' ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES AND COMPARE THEM TO HAWAII'S ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB) to conduct a study that compares the adult protective services of other states to Hawaii's adult protective services.

 

     The Elderly Affairs Division of the City and County of Honolulu Department of Community Services, the Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs, Hawaii Aging Advocates Coalition, and the National Association of Social Workers, Hawaii Chapter testified in support of this concurrent resolution.  LRB offered comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Providing additional statistics on the projected population shift to senior citizens in Hawaii over the next two decades; and

 

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and consistency.

 

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 188, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 188, H.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Legislative Management,

 

 

 

 

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JAMES KUNANE TOKIOKA, Acting Chair and Vice Chair