STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1577

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   S.B. No. 964

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 964, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to address the needs of Hawaii's kupuna by:

 

(1)  Appropriating funds for:

 

(A)  The Kupuna Care Program;

 

(B)  The Aging and Disability Resource Center;

 

(C)  An Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia Services Coordinator position;

 

(D)  Fall prevention and early detection services for the elderly;

 

(E)  The Healthy Aging Partnership Program; and

 

(F)  An Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia public awareness campaign; and

 

(2)  Specifying that the appointment of an Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia Services Coordinator be made no later than July 1, 2017.

 

     The Policy Board for Elder Affairs; ILWU Local 142; Alzheimer's Association, Aloha Chapter; Healthcare Association of Hawaii; Hawaii Primary Care Association; Hawaii Alliance for Retired Americans; The Queen’s Health Systems; Lanakila Pacific; Zonta Club of Hilo; Catholic Charities Hawaii; and many individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.  The State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Executive Office on Aging, Hawaii Family Caregiver Coalition, and AARP Hawaii provided comments.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 964, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair