STAND. COM. REP. NO.1491

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: S.C.R. No. 23

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Human Services and Housing and Health, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 23, S.D. 2, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE FORMATION OF A WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP A STATEWIDE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR LONG-TERM CARE PROVIDERS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to form a working group of state and private entities to develop a statewide certification program for long-term care providers and caregivers.

The Department of Health and Department of Human Services submitted testimony in support of this measure. The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Insurance Division provided comments.

Your Committees find that Hawaii's elderly population is rapidly increasing, creating a demand for long-term care services. Appropriate standards and safeguards need to be established, such as criminal history checks, to ensure quality care. Your Committees believe that a statewide certification program will protect our elderly population by creating a consistent standard for caregivers.

 

 

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Removing reference to caregivers to the disabled;

(2) Removing the request that the University of Hawaii Community College assist in training for the program;

(3) Including private organizations, consumer representatives, and state officials in the working group; and

(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Housing and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 23, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 23, S.D. 2, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Housing and Health,

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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair

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MICHAEL P. KAHIKINA, Chair