SCR64 SD1 SSCR3341

STAND. COM. REP. NO.3341

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: S.C.R. No. 64

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Health and Human Services and Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 64 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING A STUDY OF STATE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR LONG-TERM CARE AND HAWAII'S ELDERLY,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the establishment of a committee within the Department of Health to study state programs and services involved with or providing long-term care to Hawaii's elderly.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Executive Office on Aging, Hawaii Long Term Care Association, State Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and a private citizen.

Your Committees find that the urgent need to address the critical shortage of long-term care services in Hawaii has been established through various studies by both government and private organizations. Your Committees further find that myriad government and private programs offer long-term care to a continuum of clients, including the elderly and the disabled. Your Committees agree that the financing of these services is a critical factor in ensuring that there is adequate supply for the rapidly increasing demand for services. Your Committees further agree that a comprehensive study of all programs and services as well as their financing will assist the Legislature in proceeding with decisions regarding how to best address this problem.

Upon further consideration, your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Amending the Title to read "Requesting a study of state programs involved with or providing long-term care services for Hawaii's elderly";

(2) Changing the BE IT RESOLVED clause to add the following agencies and organizations to the study committee including the Department of Budget and Finance, Department of Taxation, county Area Offices on Aging, State Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and Hawaii Long Term Care Association;

(3) Deleting the fourth, fifth and sixth BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED clauses; and

(4) Changing the final BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED clause to add the following organizations to receive a copy of this measure: Department of Budget and Finance, Department of Taxation, county Area Offices on Aging, State Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and Hawaii Long Term Care Association.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services and Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 64, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 64, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Human Services and Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing,

____________________________ RON MENOR, Chair		____________________________ DAVID MATSUURA, Chair