STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1638-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2346

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2346, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide necessary services and support programs for the health and well-being of Hawaii's older population by:

     (1)  Appropriating funds to the Department of Health for the Kupuna Care Program, Aging and Disability Resource Center, and Healthy Aging Partnership Program; and

     (2)  Requiring the Department of Health Executive Office on Aging to conduct a public education and awareness campaign on long-term care and appropriating funds for this purpose.

Child and Family Service, Catholic Charities Hawaii, and Lanakila Pacific supported this measure.  The Executive Office on Aging commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Making the appropriations in unspecified amounts;

(2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate further discussion; and

(3)  Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2346, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2346, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair