STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2893

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1902

       H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 1902, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to extend the interim and final reporting dates for the Long Term Care Commission on the development of a 5-year plan and proposed systems reforms.  This measure also extends the term of the Commission to the adjournment sine die of the Regular Session of 2012.

 

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Healthcare Association of Hawaii, the Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs and the Long Term Care Commission.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that the work of the Long Term Care Commission is important to the community and the research it is currently engaged in will affect elders for generations to come.  The research will be the basis for the 5-year program to improve the State's long-term care services, and allowing for an extension on the report of this research is essential to ensuring that the information is accurate.  Your Committee also finds that extending the term of the Commission to be commensurate with the reporting deadline is appropriate and necessary.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1902, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair