CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO.99

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 2000

                            RE:   S.B. No. 2490
                                  S.D. 2
                                  H.D. 1
                                  C.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the
Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives
in S.B. No. 2490, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:  

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

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to
recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final
passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to require the Department of
Health (DOH) as the agency responsible for establishing a
long-term care information and referral process to serve all
potential clients of licensed care homes.

     This measure also directs the subcommittee on residential
care of the Joint Legislative Committee on Long-Term Care to
recommend to the legislature the enactment of a new adult
residential care facilities model or an alternative model.

     This measure also appropriates funds to the DOH for the
Aging Network, ASK 2000, and implementation of this measure.

 
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     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Clarifying the purpose section to add the
          recommendation of the subcommittee to maintain a
          uniform assessment tool;

     (2)  Deleting reference to the DOH administrative rules in
          the purpose section;

     (3)  Replacing the DOH with the Executive Office on Aging
          (EOA) to establish the information and referral
          process; 

     (4)  Changing from July, 2001, to July 2000, the beginning
          of the initial expansion of the EOA's screening and
          referral program, and changing from July, 2002, to
          July, 2001, the beginning of the full operation; and

     (5)  Deleting the appropriation.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your
Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your
Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 2490, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto
as S.B. No. 2490, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the managers:

  ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE           ON THE PART OF THE SENATE



_____________________________     _______________________________
Rep. DENNIS A. ARAKAKI            Sen. SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND
Co-Chair                          Co-Chair



_____________________________     _______________________________
Rep. ALEX SANTIAGO                Sen. JAN YAGI BUEN
Co-Chair                          Co-Chair



______________________________
Rep. MICHAEL PUAMAMO KAHIKINA
Co-Chair

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