STAND. COM. REP. NO. 678

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 104

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 104, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Director of the Executive Office on Aging to contract for a feasibility study on a mandatory public long term care financing program for the State.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the American Association of Retired Persons Hawaii, Executive Office on Aging, Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs, and six individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds Hawaii's population is rapidly aging.  The Hawaii Long-Term Care Commission has recommended the establishment of a limited, mandatory public long-term care insurance program.  Requiring the Executive Office on Aging to contract for a study is the first step in obtaining information to draft a proposed bill for a future legislative session.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount; and

 

(2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussions on the measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 104, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 104, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair