Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 1023 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to increase the State's supplemental share of adult residential care home payments and makes an appropriation for this purpose.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Hawaii Coalition of Care Home Administrators, the United Group of Home Operators, and an individual.

Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by the Department of Human Services.

Your Committee finds that the rate of payments for care homes has, over the years, increased in varying degrees, therefore, making it increasingly difficult financially and, thus, difficult for care providers to continue the operations of care homes. Therefore, your Committee determines that an increase in the level of payments for domiciliary care would enable adult residential care home providers to cope with the cost increases associated with the provision of care and services to adult residential care home residents.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1023 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.