STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1030

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1396

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1396, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COMMUNITY CARE FOSTER FAMILY HOMES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to recognize the varied needs of the State's aging population by allowing the Department of Health flexibility to include two private-pay individuals to be cared for in the same community care foster family home if certain requirements are met.  

The Department of Human Services, Department of Health, Adult Foster Homecare Association of Hawaii, and numerous individuals testified in support of this measure.  Hawaii Disability Rights Center commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on this measure; and

(2)  Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1396, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1396, H.D. 2.

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

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair