STAND. COM. REP. NO. 972
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 505
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. 505, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADULT RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to assist adult residential care homes (ARCHs) by:
(1) Requiring the Department of Human Services (DHS) to provide an additional payment to ARCH providers that provide care to recipients who reside in ARCHs and are eligible for either federal Supplemental Security Income, or public assistance in accordance to state standards, or both; and
(2) Appropriating an unspecified amount of funds for additional payments to ARCH providers required in this bill.
The Alliance of Residential Care Administrators, Hawaii Coalition of Care Home Administrators, Filipino Coalition for Solidarity, Inc., United Group of Home Operators, Mililani Care Home, Big Island Adult Residential Care Home Association, and numerous concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. DHS testified in support of the intent of this measure.
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. 505, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair |
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