STAND. COM. REP. NO.  496

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 434

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 434 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to convert the Long-Term Care Community Living Program Specialist position within the Executive Office on Aging of the Department of Health from exempt to permanent civil service status.

 

     The Executive Office on Aging, Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO, and a few individuals supported this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2075, to facilitate further discussion; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 434, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 434, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

 

 

 

 

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DEE MORIKAWA, Chair