STAND. COM. REP. NO. 848________

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 549
                                     H.D. 1




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

Sir:

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

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO ESTABLISH A
     LONG-TERM CARE VOLUNTEER OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to
establish a long-term care volunteer ombudsman program to ensure
that quality outreach services are provided to the increasing
number of elderly people residing in long-term care facilities in
the State.

     The Executive Office on Aging, the American Association of
Retired Persons, the Hawaii Long Term Care Association, the
Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs, and the Healthcare
Association testified in support of this bill.

     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.
549, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.


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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair