STAND. COM. REP. NO. 497

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 200
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health and Human Services, to which was
referred S.B. No. 200 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS
     FOR THE EWA VILLAGES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize the issuance of
special purpose revenue bonds for the Ewa Villages Community
Development Corporation.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Ewa Villages Community Development Corporation.

     This measure is intended to provide financing for community-
based care for the frail elderly as well as infants and children
who are medically fragile.  They need a warm and secure setting
that provides them with clinical and emotional care which is so
critical.  This type of care is now missing in the continuum of
care for the medically fragile child.

     Your Committee finds that the community-based care center to
be developed by the Ewa Villages Community Development
Corporation will provide:

     (1)  Pediatric skilled nursing care;

     (2)  Day health care for the medically fragile child;


 
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     (3)  Intergenerational day care;

     (4)  A dementia unit;

     (5)  Adult residential care;

     (6)  Respite care for caregivers of both the fragile elderly
          as well as the medically fragile child;

     (7)  Care giver training;

     (8)  Community provider training; and

     (9)  Community-based services such as meals, chore services,
          personal care services, and care management.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Health and Human Services that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 200 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Health and Human
                                   Services,



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                                   SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 
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