STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1300

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 994
                                     S.D. 2
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred S.B. No. 994, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DEPENDENT ADULT AND ELDER
     ABUSE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure the continued
protection and safety of dependent adults by creating the Elder
and Dependent Adult Abuse Review Commission to review Hawaii's
elderly and dependent adult protective services law and related
administrative rules.

     Testimony in support of this bill was received from the
State Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities, Department
of Human Services, Executive Office on Aging, Policy Advisory
Board for Elder Affairs, and the City and County of Honolulu
Department of the Prosecuting Attorney.  The State of Hawaii
Commission on Persons with Disabilities submitted comment on this
bill, requesting that it be deleted as a representative on the
proposed Elder Abuse Review Commission.

     Your Committee finds that the establishment of an Elder and
Dependent Adult Abuse Review Commission will provide a valuable
tool for the comprehensive examination of existing law and issues
surrounding the protection of Hawaii's elder and adult community.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 
 
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     (1)  Deleting the provision calling for a representative
          from the State of Hawaii Commission on Persons with
          Disabilities to serve on the Commission; and

     (2)  Changing the due date of the Commission's report of
          findings and recommendations, and the date upon which
          the Commission shall cease to exist.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of S.B. No. 994, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and
recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance, in
the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 994, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary &
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   PAUL T. OSHIRO, Chair