STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1507

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 1357

H.D. 1

S.D. 2

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. 1357, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CARE HOMES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to increase the maximum amount of the state supplemental payment for domiciliary care.

More specifically, the measure provides that, beginning July 1, 2023:

(1) The state supplemental payment for type I adult residential care homes, licensed developmental disability domiciliary homes, community care foster family homes, and certified adult foster homes shall not exceed $767; and

(2) The state supplemental payment for type II adult residential care homes shall not exceed $857.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from ILWU Local 1000 and one individual.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Human Services.

Your Committee finds that increasing the state supplemental payment for domiciliary care will help cover the rising costs of room and board for persons requiring domiciliary care and improve compensation rates for licensed home operators and caregivers.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date of the measure from upon its approval to July 1, 2050, to avoid any uncertainty over the exact payment amount if the measure is enacted prior to the end of a fiscal year and 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. 1357, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1357, H.D. 1, 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