STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1340
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2015
RE: H.C.R. No. 145
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2015
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 145 entitled:
"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE CONVENING OF A FAMILY CAREGIVERS WORKING GROUP TO EXAMINE AND ASSESS LEGISLATION RELATING TO THE ROLE OF CAREGIVERS OF PATIENTS DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITALS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee notes this measure received broad community support and no opposition. Comments on this measure include suggesting:
(1) Increases in funding to the county offices on aging and the Aging and Disability Resource Centers; and
(2) An assessment of community-based resources that could address the caregiver problem.
Your Committee further notes that during the public hearing, the Department of Health announced that the working group convened in accordance with H.C.R. No. 78 (2014) has completed its report and the report has since been made available. The Department of Health further recommended in its testimony that the Legislature review this report in its entirety and consider all its findings, conclusions, and recommendations before proceeding on this resolution.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 145 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance for further discussion in light of the recommendations of the Department of Health.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,
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____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair |
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