STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1248-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2320

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Health and Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 2320, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGING,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to build a statewide system of support for Hawaii's older adults and their caregivers by:

 

(1)  Establishing the Kupuna Care Program to provide affordable and quality home- and community-based services for adults who are sixty years of age and older, and family caregivers; and

 

(2)  Appropriating funds for various programs and services for Hawaii's aging population.

 

     The Department of Community Services of the City and County of Honolulu; Healthcare Association of Hawaii; Hawaii County Office of Aging; Lanakila Pacific; Hale Mahaolu; AARP; ILWU Local 142; Hawaii Alliance for Retired Americans; Catholic Charities Hawaii; Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO; and numerous individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Executive Office on Aging and Waikiki Community Center commented on this measure.

 

 

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Deleting the findings sections;

 

(2)  Changing the statutory reference of the "Kupuna Care Program" to the "Home- and Community-Based Services Program", and making corresponding amendments to conform to the name change;

 

(3)  Deleting reference to any age or age range of individuals to which the Home- and Community-Based Services Program serves; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2320, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2320, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair