STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2801

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3383

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3383 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to gather information regarding the unfilled workforce needs for home- and community-based service providers.

Specifically, this measure:

(1) Requires the Executive Office on Aging to contract for a statewide assessment that identifies the number of, type of, and competencies needed by workers to fulfill the home- and community-based service provider positions throughout the State;

(2) Requires the Executive Office on Aging, as part of the statewide assessment, to make recommendations for the expansion or development of training and other workforce development programs; and

(3) Appropriates moneys for the statewide assessment.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Executive Office on Aging, AARP Hawaii, and Healthcare Association of Hawaii.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Health.

Your Committee finds the information gathered by the statewide assessment and the associated recommendations for training and other workforce development programs will help to inform decision-makers on the appropriate course of action to increase the number of skilled workers necessary to meet the needs of Hawaii's home- and community-based services.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion on the measure; and

(2) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments 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. 3383, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3383, 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