Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 914, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill, as received, is to assist adult residential care home operators, including expanded adult residential care home and community care foster family home operators, with the high costs of insurance related to caring for clients.

Specifically, this bill establishes:

In addition, the bill authorizes unannounced annual inspections of adult residential care homes, expanded adult residential care homes, and community care foster family homes.

The Hawaii Coalition of Care Home Administrators testified in support of this measure. The United Group of Home Operators testified in support of the intent of this measure. The Department of Budget and Finance, DOH, DHS, Hawaii Long Term Care Association, Kokua Council, National Association of Social Workers, and State Long Term Care Ombudsman testified in opposition to this measure except for the portion regarding unannounced inspections of adult residential care homes.

Your Committee has amended this bill by deleting all references to liability insurance premium and claims payment. As amended, this bill:

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 H.B. No. 914, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 914, H.D. 2.