STAND. COM. REP. NO.1413
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: S.B. No. 1534
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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1534, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Require the Department of Health (DOH) to conduct a study to determine the best method of establishing a state program of long-term care;
(2) Authorize DOH to contract with consultants for the purposes of the long-term care study; and
(3) Appropriate funds for the long-term care study and for briefings throughout the State.
For the purpose of receiving public testimony, your Committee circulated a proposed draft of this bill that removed all provisions and appropriations relating to the long-term care study to be conducted by DOH. The proposed draft added a provision for a long-term care tax credit provided that:
(1) The resident taxpayer is not claimed as a dependent; and
(2) The resident taxpayer has no taxable income.
The Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Kokua Council, Coalition for Affordable Long Term Care, Department of Human Services, and an individual submitted testimony in support of this proposed bill. The Department of Health and the Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs, and an individual supported the intent of this proposed bill.
The Department of Budget and Finance and Department of Taxation opposed this proposed bill. The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors-Hawaii, Executive Office on Aging, and Tax Foundation of Hawaii commented on this proposed bill.
Your Committee has amended this proposed draft by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, for purposes of further discussion; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes of style and clarity.
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. 1534, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1534, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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