STAND. COM. REP. NO. 917
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 248
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 Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 248 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to begin attempts to address the issue of long-term care for Hawaii's aging population by:
(1) Establishing a demonstration project for the County of Kauai to provide reimbursement to family caregivers who give free and continuing day-to-day care in the home to a qualified relative who is a functionally dependent person or who is suffering from cognitive impairments;
(2) Requiring the Department of Health (DOH) to submit progress reports of its findings no later than 20 days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009;
(3) Requiring DOH to submit a final report no later than 20 days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2010; and
(4) Appropriating funds to carry out this demonstration project.
Kokua Council, Hawaii Alliance for Retired Americans, National Multiple Sclerosis Society-Hawaii Division, Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs, and concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. DOH did not support this measure.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, to encourage further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 248, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 248, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
|
____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair |
||