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                                 STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1777

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 994
                                     S.D. 2
                                     H.D. 3




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

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

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DEPENDENT ADULT AND ELDER
     ABUSE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to create the Elder and
Dependent Adult Abuse Review Commission to review Hawaii's
elderly and dependent adult abuse protective services laws,
recommending changes if warranted.

      The Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu
and the Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs testified in
support of the measure.  The Department of Human Services (DHS),
the Executive Office on Aging, and the State Planning Council on
Developmental Disabilities testified in support of the intent of
the measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by adding an
appropriation section with DHS as the expending agency.

     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.
994, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it
pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 994,
S.D. 2, H.D. 3.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair