STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3040

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2461

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2461, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII HEALTHY AGING PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate moneys to the Department of Health for the Hawaii Healthy Aging Partnership.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Health Executive Office on Aging, AARP Hawaii, Department of Housing and Human Concerns for the County of Maui, Maui County Office on Aging, AEA, and seven individuals.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee finds that the partnership funded by this measure helps improve the health of Hawaii's older adults by providing evidence-based health and fitness programs.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation amount from $500,000 to an unspecified sum to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(2) Making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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. 2461, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2461, S.D. 2.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair