STAND. COM. REP. NO. 951

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 1024

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1024 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for the Aging and Disability Resource Center.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Health Executive Office on Aging, Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs, AARP, and one individual.

Your Committee finds that the Aging and Disability Resource Center assists individuals and their families in locating and accessing support services and in developing and implementing comprehensive care plans.

Your Committee notes that an appropriation of $3,100,000 is needed for each fiscal year of the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium to sustain the program.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation from $3,100,000 to an unspecified sum; and

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

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 S.B. No. 1024, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1024, S.D. 1.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair