STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2714

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

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




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B.
No. 2490, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to facilitate entry into
adult residential care facilities.

     Specifically, this bill requires the Department of Health to
use a uniform assessment tool for admission into all licensed
care homes.  The bill also requires the Department to establish
an information and referral process for potential clients of
these facilities.  Further, this bill requires the Department to
conduct a study on reorganizing all adult residential care homes
and facilities into a new "adult residential care facilities" and
to report to the Legislature for the Regular Session of 2001.
Finally, this bill appropriates an unspecified amount for fiscal
year 2000-2001 to the Department of Health to:

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

     (2)  Expand the Office's screening and referral program to
          coordinate similar services for clients under age
          sixty; and

 
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     (3)  Fund a subcontract by the Office to provide these
          services for clients under age sixty.

     Your Committee finds that this bill will help to facilitate
entry into licensed care homes in the State for an expanded
number of potential clients and to contribute to a better
organization of adult residential care facilities.

     Your Committee has amended the bill to require the joint
legislative committee on long-term care, subcommittee on
residential care, rather than the Department of Health, to
conduct the study.  Your Committee has also made technical
nonsubstantive changes for purposes of style and clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
2490, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached as S.B. No. 2490, S.D. 2.

                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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