CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 116

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2007

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1916

       S.D. 2

       H.D. 3

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Madam and Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 1916, S.D. 2, H.D. 3, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CAREGIVING,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to strengthen the support to family caregivers, including extending the joint legislative committee of family caregiving, requiring comprehensive needs assessments, and appropriating funds for continued and expanded services.

 

     Your Committee on Conference amended the measure to:

 

     (1)  Substitute the Joint Legislative Committee on Caregiving for the Executive Office on Aging as having the task of conducting a comprehensive assessment of the needs of care recipients aged sixty and older with physical or cognitive disabilities and the needs of their family caregivers;

 

     (2)  Exempt the expenditures of the Joint Legislative Committee under sections 5 and 6 from chapter 103D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, provided that the committee endeavors to ensure transparency in its procurement processes;

 

     (3)  Allow the Joint Legislative Committee on Caregiving to contract out to a qualified third party to conduct the assessment;

 

     (4)  Insert language regarding the 2005 federal grant for the Aging and Disability Resource Center;

 

     (6)  Clarify that the appropriations in section 9 are to the Executive Office on Aging;

 

     (7)  Clarify that the appropriation made in section 10 is for the purpose of providing direct services to family caregivers as well as for expanding the Kupuna Care program's in-home and access services to qualified care recipients;

 

     (8)  Insert specific monetary amounts in the appropriation sections; and

 

     (9)  Change the July 1, 2020, effective date to upon approval; provided that sections 5, 8, and 9 are to take effect on July 1, 2007, and section 2 is to take effect on June 29, 2007.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1916, S.D. 2, H.D. 3, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1916, S.D. 2, H.D. 3, C.D. 1.

 


Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

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JOSHUA B. GREEN, M.D., Co-Chair

 

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

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MAILE SHIMABUKURO, Co-Chair

 

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Co-Chair

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MICHAEL Y. MAGAOAY, Co-Chair

 

 

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MARILYN B. LEE, Co-Chair