STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3353

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1713

       S.D. 2

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1713, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds to support programs and services related to aging.

     This measure also requires and appropriates funds for the Executive Office on Aging to conduct a public education and awareness campaign on long-term care.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Executive Office on Aging, City and County of Honolulu Department of Community Services, Maui County Office on Aging, American Council of Life Insurers, Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs, Alzheimer's Association-Aloha Chapter, Hawaii Family Caregiver Coalition, ILWU Local 142, Aloha United Way, Lanakila Pacific, Hawaii Primary Care Association, PHOCUSED, Catholic Charities, Child and Family Services, Lanakila Pacific, AARP, and one individual.

     Your Committee finds that this measure includes funding for important programs that support the needs of the increasing population of elderly residents in Hawaii.  The funding included in this measure is essential to maintain the health and welfare of Hawaii's most vulnerable seniors and their caregivers.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by correcting a reference to the name of the American Association of Retired Persons.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1713, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1713, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair