STAND. COM. REP. NO. 740-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: H.B. No. 2015
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2015, 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 reduce rising long-term care costs and support family caregivers by:
(1) Authorizing the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Human Services (DHS) to reimburse family caregivers who provide care to qualified relatives who are suffering from dementia or need assistance with some of the activities of daily living;
(2) Requiring DOH and DHS to establish a sliding scale for reimbursements; and
(3) Appropriating funds for reimbursements.
The Kokua Council, Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs, and several individuals supported this bill. DHS and the Executive Office on Aging supported the intent of this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, to facilitate further discussion.
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. 2015, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2015, 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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