CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 125-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2014

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2053

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir and Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2053, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGING,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to address falls and fall-related injuries by elderly persons in the State by:

 

(1)  Establishing a Fall Prevention and Early Detection Coordinator position within the Department of Health Emergency Medical Services and Injury Prevention System Branch to coordinate the provision of public and private fall prevention and early detection services for the elderly; and

 

(2)  Appropriating an unspecified amount of funds from the Trauma System Special Fund to establish and fill this position.

 

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Appropriating $81,985 for Fiscal Year 2014-2015 to establish and fill the Fall Prevention and Early Detection Coordinator position; and

 

(2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2014.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2053, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2053, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Co-Chair

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JOSH GREEN, Co-Chair

 

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GREGG TAKAYAMA, Co-Chair

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MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Co-Chair