JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON FAMILY CAREGIVING

Senator Les Ihara, Jr., Co-Chair

Representative Marilyn Lee, Acting Co-Chair

Senator Rosalyn Baker

Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland

Senator Gordon Trimble

Representative Josh Green, M.D.

Representative Alex Sonson

NOTICE OF MEETING

DATE:

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

TIME:

11:30 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 225

State Capitol, 415 S. Beretania Street

A G E N D A

The purpose of this meeting is to review and finalize a draft committee report that the Co-Chairs of the Joint Legislative Committee on Family Caregiving will submit at or immediately prior to the meeting. In its deliberations, the Committee may request the assistance of resource persons, some of whom may have submitted written comments on a preliminary committee report made available upon the issuing of this meeting notice.

The preliminary committee report was drafted by staff based on comments made by members at the Committee’s November 16 meeting. This report is available to the public, in electronic or hardcopy formats, by contacting the committee clerk. Persons wishing to submit comments on the preliminary report may do so by faxing to 586-6251, or emailing to dorrer@capitol.hawaii.gov, no later than Tuesday, December 12.

Pursuant to Act 285, the purpose of the Joint Legislative Committee on Family Caregiving is to develop a comprehensive public policy program to strengthen support for family caregivers who provide unpaid, informal assistance to persons sixty and older with physical or cognitive disabilities. The Committee will consider providing support in categories including but not limited to: coordinated services and policies; training and education; respite services; financial incentives; and balancing work and caregiving.

For more information, contact the committee clerk at 586-6250. If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the meeting (i.e., sign language interpreter, wheelchair accessibility, or parking designated for the disabled) please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.

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Senator Les Ihara, Jr.

Co-Chair

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Representative Marilyn B. Lee

Acting Co-Chair