STAND. COM. REP. NO.410
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 632
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 632, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to establish the statutory framework for the licensure of home and community-based case management agencies.
Supportive testimony was submitted by the Department of Human Services, the Department of the Attorney General, the Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Queen's Health Care Centers, and Catholic Charities Elderly Services.
Your Committee believes that the licensing of community-based case management agencies will promote the development of proven, cost-effective residential long-term care options and ensure the availability of high-quality care regardless of an individual's Medicaid eligibility.
After careful consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Clarifying references to persons "convicted of a crime other than a minor traffic violation involving a fine of $50 or less";
(2) Stipulating that investigations be conducted by the Department of Human Services; and
(3) Making various technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, style, and conformity.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 632, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 632, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs,
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____________________________ ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair |
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