STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1164

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   S.B. No. 530

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Human Services and Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 530, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE OFFICE OF THE LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to support the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program on Oahu by establishing and appropriating funds for one full-time equivalent (1.00 FTE) permanent program specialist IV position for the City and County of Honolulu and for contract services through the Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman in the Counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui.

 

     The State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, Americans for Democratic Action, AARP Hawaii, Legacy Hilo Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, and several individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Executive Office on Aging, County of Hawaii Mayor, County of Hawaii Office of Aging, and two individuals commented on this measure.

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2070, to facilitate further discussion; and

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for 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 S.B. No. 530, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 530, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your 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