STAND. COM. REP. NO. 793-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 1773

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1773, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DEMENTIA,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require the Law Enforcement Standards Board to develop training materials related to the recognition and signs of Alzheimer's disease and related types of dementia and provide the materials to law enforcement officers at no cost; and

(2) Require law enforcement officers to review training materials for at least one hour per year.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Executive Office on Aging; State Council on Developmental Disabilities; Hawaii Disability Rights Center; United Public Workers, AFSCME Local 646, AFL-CIO; Hawaiʻi Primary Care Association; AARP Hawaiʻi; Hawaiʻi Public Health Association; Papa Ola Lokahi; Chamber of Commerce Hawaii; Hawaiʻi Parkinson Association; Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs; Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO; UNITE HERE! Local 5; Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute; and eight individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Law Enforcement and Alzheimer's Association – Hawaii.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1773, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair