STAND. COM. REP. NO.  758-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1695

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1695, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Change the public assistance allowance for state public assistance cash benefit payments to equal an unspecified percentage of the current poverty level established by the federal government; and

 

     (2)  Amend the state supplemental payment for domiciliary care provided in adult residential care homes, expanded adult residential care homes, licensed developmental disabilities domiciliary homes, community care foster homes, and certified adult foster homes to adults eligible for state or federal assistance benefits.

 

     Big Island Adult Foster Home Operators; The Caregivers Association; the United Group Home Operators; and an individual testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Human Services commented on this measure.

 


     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. 1695, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair