Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 72, S.D. 1, entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request that the Department of Health (DOH), Department of Human Services (DHS), Office of the Public Guardian and all providers of long-term care services consider transfer trauma before relocating facility residents, and to take necessary steps to mitigate the possible impact of the health, safety, and welfare of facility residents.

The DOH, State Council on Developmental Disabilities, and Hawaii Disability Rights Center supported this measure.

Your Committees find that transfer trauma for the elderly and physically and mentally impaired can occur when they are first moved into a long-term care facility or moved from one facility to another, and that transfer trauma can cause severe illness or even death. In addition, the DOH has committed to convening a work group as called for in the resolution.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 72, S.D. 1, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.