Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 541 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to make an appropriation for the following senior centers:

(1) Lanakila Multi-Purpose Senior Center;

(2) Moiliili Community Center; and

(3) Waikiki Community Center.

The Catholic Charities, Waikiki Community Center, Moiliili Community Center, and numerous individuals testified in support of this bill. The Executive Office on Aging supported the intent of this measure.

Your Committee finds that senior centers allow the elderly to remain active and healthy, and are a cost-effective means of preventing or delaying the need for long-term care. The requested appropriation would alleviate shortfalls in the amounts of:

(1) $424,433 for the Lanakila Multi-Purpose Senior Center;

(2) $19,000 for the Moiliili Community Center's senior

(3) $50,000 for the Waikiki Community Center's senior

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 541, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 541, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.