Report Title:

State Long-term Caregiver Registry; Licensing Program (SD1)

THE SENATE

S.C.R. NO.

23

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001

S.D. 2

STATE OF HAWAII

H.D. 1
   

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

URGING THE FORMATION OF A WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP A STATEWIDE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR LONG-TERM CARE PROVIDERS.

 

WHEREAS, the number of Hawaii residents who are elderly and disabled is expanding; and

WHEREAS, with this expansion, Hawaii needs more services, facilities, and caregivers; and

WHEREAS, there are caregivers for the elderly who are not licensed and who have not undergone a thorough criminal history check, if at all; and

WHEREAS, with the rapid expansion of services into the community, there needs to be established appropriate standards and safeguards so that the quality of care is not compromised; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-First Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2001, the House of Representatives concurring, that this body requests the Chairs of the House of Representatives Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing and the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services to convene a working group to develop a statewide certification program for long-term care providers and caregivers that would include development of:

(1) Standardized training and courses for licensing;

(2) A registry of all certified caregivers;

(3) A partnership with private insurance companies to provide services for licensed caregivers; and

(4) A system to ensure complete criminal and history checks;

and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the working group should include, but not be limited to, state and private health-related entities, state and private long-term care providers, and consumer representatives; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the working group is requested to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2002; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Governor, and Directors of Human Services, Health, Commerce and Consumer Affairs, and Executive Office of Aging.