STAND. COM. REP. NO. 299-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: H.B. No. 2112
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 2112 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ESTABLISHING A LONG-TERM CARE CAREGIVER RESOURCE CENTER AT KAPIOLANI COMMUNITY COLLEGE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Authorize the establishment of a long-term care caregiver resource center (Center) at Kapiolani Community College; and
(2) Appropriate funds for the center.
Kokua Council and several individuals submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs supported the intent of this bill.
Your Committee finds that long-term care is becoming an increasingly critical issue as Hawaii's population ages. This bill will ensure that resources are in place to support professional and nonprofessional caregivers.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the appropriation amount to $1 to facilitate further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes of style and clarity.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2112, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2112, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,
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____________________________ K. MARK TAKAI, Chair |
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