Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3047 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the operation of the Waipahu Community Adult Day Health Center and Youth Day Care Center pilot project.

Your Committee finds that more and more working families fit the "sandwich generation". This is the group of families who must not only provide for their children's care during the day, but who for one reason or another are also responsible for the care of elderly parents. It is part of Hawaii's culture and high cost of living that necessitates the multi-generational living arrangement. Your Committee further finds that this measure keeps the elderly from being institutionalized and is less costly than having persons in nursing homes. The added benefit here is that youngsters too little to attend school would also be able to attend a day care setting. This could help both generations, which your Committee fully supports.

Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the appropriation to a blank amount to allow for further discussion.

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. 3047, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3047, S.D. 1.