STAND. COM. REP. NO.  703-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2252

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2252, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DISCHARGE PLANNING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require hospitals to adopt and maintain written discharge policies that include patient designation of a caregiver who may participate in planning for and carrying out after-care following a patient's discharge from a hospital, consistent with recent updates to federal requirements.

The Healthcare Association of Hawaii; ILWU Local 142; the Queen's Health Systems; Hawaii Health Systems Corporation; Hawaii Pacific Health; Project Dana; Self-Advocacy Advisory Council; and several concerned individuals supported this measure.  The State Council on Developmental Disabilities; Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs; AARP Hawaii; Hawaii Family Caregiver Coalition; Hawaii Government Employees Association; AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO; and many concerned individuals provided comments.

     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 H.B. No. 2252, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair