STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1802

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1486

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1486, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE KUPUNA CARE PROGRAM,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to increase the resources available to support the care of kupuna in the State.

 

     More specifically, the measure appropriates funds to the Department of Health for the Kupuna Care Program within the Executive Office on Aging.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Health's Executive Office on Aging, Alzheimer's Association, AARP Hawaii, Rainbow Family 808, The Kupuna Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, and numerous individuals.

 

     Your Committee received written comments on this measure from Catholic Charities Hawaii.

 

     Your Committee finds that funding for the Kupuna Care Program is critical as the State's population of persons aged sixty and older rapidly increases.  The additional funding provided by this measure will allow the Executive Office on Aging to identify and prioritize additional kupuna clients for supportive services according to each client's needs by utilizing the comprehensive person-centered intake and assessment tools developed statewide.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by 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 H.B. No. 1486, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1486, H.D. 1, 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