CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 175-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: H.B. No. 1821
H.D. 2
S.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1821, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CARE HOMES,"
having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.
The purpose of this bill is to more adequately compensate care home operators by:
(1) Clarifying that domiciliary care includes care provided in licensed developmental disabilities domiciliary homes, community care foster family homes, and adult foster homes;
(2) Including community care foster family homes with type I adult residential care homes, licensed developmental disabilities domiciliary homes, and adult foster homes, and establishing a minimum level of care payment of an unspecified amount for those types of care homes;
(3) Establishing a minimum level of care payment of an unspecified amount for type II adult residential care homes;
(4) Requiring the Department of Human Services to authorize payments, as allowed by federal law, for certain resident clients of type I and type II facilities receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI); and
(5) Appropriating funds to provide for continued operation of developmental disabilities domiciliary homes and apartment complexes for persons with developmental disabilities.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:
(1) Expanding the authorization of payments for certain resident clients receiving SSI to include licensed developmental disabilities domiciliary homes, community care foster family homes, and certified adult foster homes;
(2) Increasing the maximum level of care payments for type I facilities, licensed developmental disabilities domiciliary homes, community care foster family homes, and certified adult foster homes to $621.90;
(3) Increasing the maximum level of care payments for type II facilities to $729.90;
(4) Appropriating $1,375,000 for the state supplemental payments;
(5) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2006, except for provisions relating to the increase in level of care payments which will take effect on January 1, 2007; and
(6) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1821, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1821, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
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____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair |
____________________________ ALEX M. SONSON, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Co-Chair |
____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair |
____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Co-Chair |
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