Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health and Human Services, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 26 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Executive Director of the Caring...For Life Foundation and the Executive Director of the Hawaii County Office on Aging. Testimony in support of the intent of this measure was submitted by the Department of Human Services, the State Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities, and the Disability and Communication Access Board. Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by the Hawaii Coalition of Care Home Administrators and Healthcare Association of Hawaii.

Your Committee finds that the Caring...for Life Foundation's primary mission is to bring together various constituencies in a collaborative relationship to develop and implement a single entry point system for long-term care. Your Committee further finds that the various state efforts involved in developing this statewide system need to be coordinated, and must include long-term care service providers. Thus, your Committee strongly urges the various programs and constituent groups to engage in full collaboration to assure the successful implementation of this long anticipated single entry point system for long-term care.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health and Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 26, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 26, S.D. 1.