STAND. COM. REP. NO. 807

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.C.R. No. 11

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 11 entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE DEADLINE FOR THE HOME FOR LIFE TASK FORCE TO REPORT ITS FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REDUCING BARRIERS TO AGING IN PLACE AND FACILITATING MULTIGENERATIONAL LIVING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to extend the deadline for the Home for Life Task Force to report its findings and recommendations for reducing barriers to aging in place and facilitating multigenerational living.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Executive Office on Aging, Disability and Communication Access Board, Home for Life Task Force, Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs, Child & Family Service, AARP, CK Independent Living Builders, and three individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that the Home for Life Task Force is concerned with two main issues:  creating the physical infrastructure that will allow the elderly and persons with disabilities to remain in their homes as long as possible, and facilitating multigenerational housing in which generations can live together in conditions that foster independence and interdependence.  Your Committee further finds that the Home for Life Task Force is needed to address aging in place and long-term care issues to ensure that persons of all ages with disabilities are able to receive appropriate, quality care in their homes.

 

     Your Committee additionally finds that the Home for Life Task Force submitted an Interim Report to the Legislature in January 2011 that summarized the activities of the Task Force's working groups and included preliminary recommendations.  However, your Committee also finds that many more steps need to be taken before the Home for Life Task Force can accomplish its objectives.  Your Committee finds that this measure is necessary to provide the Home for Life Task Force with additional time to complete its activities.

 

     Your Committee notes that the Executive Office on Aging is not a current member of the Home for Life Task Force.  Based on testimony received by your Committee, the Executive Office on Aging is committed to the work of the Task Force, and would like to fully participate in any future efforts and activities.  Accordingly, your Committee finds that it would be appropriate to include a representative from the Executive Office on Aging as a formal member of the Home for Life Task Force.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 11, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 11, S.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair