Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 1352, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to extend the repeal date of community care foster family homes law, Act 273, SLH 2001, until June 30, 2005.

The Department of Human Services, AARP Hawaii, Case Management Council, Case Management Inc., and Queens Medical Center testified in support of the bill.

Your Committee finds that community care foster family homes provide an invaluable service that meets the needs of many individuals in the community especially at a time when

quality care for elders is critical.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1352, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.