STAND. COM. REP. NO.  502

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 600

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Human Services and Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 600 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COMMUNITY CARE FOSTER FAMILY HOMES,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to accommodate the need for private-pay individuals that share a long-term relationship to remain together in one community care foster family home by authorizing the Department of Health to allow two private-pay clients to be cared for within the same community care foster family home, provided that certain requirements are met by the home, home operator, and the two private-pay clients.

 

     The Adult Foster Homecare Association of Hawaii and many concerned individuals supported this measure.  Several individuals supported the intent of this measure.  The Department of Health opposed this measure.  The Department of Human Services commented on this measure.

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Allowing two private-pay individuals to be cared for in the same community care foster family home only if they are a married couple;

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 600, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 600, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair

 

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DEE MORIKAWA, Chair