STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1446-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

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




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No.
2490, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve the long-term
residential care regulatory environment by:

     (1)  Establishing an information and referral system to
          assist the elderly, the non-elderly, and disabled
          persons to easily access the long-term care residential
          care system;

     (2)  Requiring the Subcommittee on Residential Care of the
          Joint Legislative Committee on Long-Term Care to
          conduct a study on reorganizing all adult residential
          care homes and facilities into a new "adult residential
          care facilities" category; and

     (3)  Appropriating an unspecified amount to the Department
          of Health to:

          (A)  Augment the Executive Office on Aging's (EOA)
               Aging Network for initial information and referral
               screening;


 
 
 
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          (B)  Expand EOA's screening and referral program to
               coordinate similar services for clients under age
               sixty;

          (C)  Fund a subcontract by EOA to provide these
               services for clients under age sixty; and

          (D)  Fund one-time start-up costs and annual operating
               costs.

     EOA and the American Association of Retired Persons
testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Human
Services and the State Planning Council on Developmental
Disabilities testified in support of the intent of this measure.

     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 S.B. No.
2490, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair