STAND. COM. REP. NO.  487

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 609

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 609, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to prepare for the State's aging population by appropriating funds for one full-time equivalent associate professor position and one full-time equivalent associated specialist position within the University of Hawaii Center on Aging.

 

     The University of Hawaii at Manoa Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work, Maui County Office on Aging, AARP Hawaii, Kokua Council, Alzheimer's Association, Aloha Chapter, Hawaii Family Caregiver Coalition, Policy Advisory Board for Elderly Affairs, Kahala Senior Living Community, Inc., and a number of concerned individuals supported this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by amending the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 609, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 609, H.D. 2.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,

 

 

 

 

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JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair