STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1734

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.C.R. No. 79

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Human Services and Health, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 79, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE CONVENING OF A TASK FORCE TO FACILITATE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF VIABLE NATURALLY OCCURRING RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Executive Office on Aging (EOA), in collaboration with the Real Estate Commission (Commission), to convene a task force to develop a program and reference guide to assist in the dissemination of information regarding the issues, needs, and concerns related to aging-in-place, particularly in condominiums, housing cooperatives, and other high density living environments.

Assisted Living Options Hawaii, Catholic Charities Hawaii, and a concerned individual testified in support of this concurrent resolution. EOA, the Board of Directors of Yacht Harbor Towers, Hawaii Association of Realtors, and Hawaii Council of Associations of Apartment Owners supported this measure with amendments. The Commission provided comments.

Your Committees have amended this concurrent resolution by:

(1) Replacing the provision requesting the task force to develop a model for transitioning an existing real property development into a naturally occurring retirement community (NORC) with a provision requesting the task force to facilitate the establishment of viable NORC's;

(2) Requesting the task force to submit a report to the Legislature detailing the proposed costs for publishing and distributing a reference guide instead of asking the Commission to cover the costs;

(3) Including a representative of the Hawaii Association of Realtors on the task force;

(4) Clarifying information relating to EOA's KupunaCare program; and

(5) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 79, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 79, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Health,

____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair		____________________________ ALEX M. SONSON, Chair