STAND. COM. REP. NO.  595

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2019

 

RE:   H.B. No. 581

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Health and Human Services & Homelessness, to which was referred H.B. No. 581 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the position of Alzheimer's disease and related dementia services coordinator established in the Executive Office on Aging by Act 214, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013.

 

     The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142, Alzheimer's Association–Aloha Chapter, Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs, Chinatown Gateway Plaza Tenant Association, Oahu Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, and several individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Executive Office on Aging provided comments.

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Appropriating funds to permit, rather than require, the Department of Health to hire a Program Specialist IV position located within the Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Division;

 

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

 

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

 

     Should your Committee on Finance deliberate on this measure further, your Committees on Health and Human Services & Homelessness respectfully request that the Department of Health and the Executive Office on Aging identify and secure federal funding for these positions.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services & Homelessness that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 581, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 581, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

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JOY A. SAN BUENAVENTURA, Chair

 

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair