STAND. COM. REP. NO. 709-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 1821

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1821, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CARE HOMES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to more adequately compensate care home operators by:

(1) Clarifying that domiciliary care includes care provided in developmental disabilities domiciliary homes, developmental disabilities adult foster homes, and developmental disabilities apartment complexes; and

(2) Establishing a minimum level of care payment for type I adult residential care homes, licensed developmental disabilities domiciliary homes, developmental disabilities apartment complexes, and certified adult foster homes.

The Hawaii Coalition of Care Home Administrators, Hawaii Disability Rights Center, Alliance of Residential Care Administrators, Arc of Kona, The Primary Care Providers of Hawaii, United Group of Home Operators, Alliance of Residential Care, Adult Foster Home Association of Hawaii Maui Chapter, Adult Foster Home Association of Hawaii, and numerous concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. The Department of Health, State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Disability and Communication Access Board, and The Arc in Hawaii supported the intent of this measure. The Department of Human Services and a concerned individual offered comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

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 H.B. No. 1821, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1821, H.D. 2.

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

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair