STAND. COM. REP. 431

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 711

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Human Services and Housing and Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 711 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE AND ELDER WELLNESS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Establish two temporary elder wellness demonstration projects to support continued independent living for elders in their own homes; and

(2) Appropriate $200,000 for fiscal year 2003-2004 and the same sum for fiscal year 2004-2005 to fund these projects.

The Palolo Chinese Home and a concerned citizen supported this bill. The Executive Office on Aging supported the intent of this bill.

Your Committees recognize the importance of supporting independent living for the elderly. Enabling the elderly to live in their own homes not only results in financial savings, but also promotes a sense of independence and self-reliance.

Your Committees have amended this measure by changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount. Other technical, nonsubstantive amendments were made for purposes of style and clarity.

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 are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 711, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 711, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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 PUAMAMO KAHIKINA, Chair