STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1136-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: S.B. No. 3229
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Human Services and Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 3229, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR CHORE SERVICE PROGRAMS,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to enable elderly and disabled individuals to remain in their own homes and avoid premature placement in costly nursing facilities by appropriating funds to support and expand the chore services program.
The Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs supported this bill. The Department of Health supported the intent of this bill.
Your Committees have amended this measure by:
(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2022, to promote further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.
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 are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3229, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3229, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Health,
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____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair |
____________________________ ALEX M. SONSON, Chair |
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