STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1165

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   S.B. No. 533

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Human Services and Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 533, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the Aging and Disability Resource Center, which helps older adults, individuals with disabilities, and family caregivers find long-term supports and services available in the State.

The State Council on Developmental Disabilities, County of Hawaii Office on Aging, City and County of Honolulu Department of Community Services, Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs, Catholic Charities Hawaii, Lanakila Pacific, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, AARP Hawaii, Hawaii Family Caregiver Coalition, International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142, Hawaii Pacific Health, and several individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Executive Office on Aging provided comments on this measure.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2070, to facilitate further discussion.

Should the Committee on Finance hear this measure, your Committees respectfully request that it consider appropriating $1,710,000 for each year of the 2017-2019 Fiscal Biennium for the Aging and Disability Resource Center.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 533, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 533, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Health,

____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair

____________________________ DEE MORIKAWA, Chair