STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 976-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 3253

S.D. 1

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. 3253, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CAREGIVING,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to find solutions to Hawaii's impending care crisis by establishing a Joint Legislative Committee on Family Caregiving (Family Caregiving Committee) to:

(1) Develop a comprehensive public policy;

(2) Consider providing support in various areas related to caregiving;

(3) Seek input from other agencies, departments, and stakeholders; and

(4) Submit its findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than 20 days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2007.

This bill also appropriates funds for the Family Caregiving Committee to carry out its duties.

Kokua Council, the Hawaii Division of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, and Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs testified in support of this bill. The Department of Human Services and Executive Office on Aging supported the intent of this measure.

Your Committees have amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further disucssion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

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. 3253, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3253, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Legislative Management.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Health,

____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair		____________________________ ALEX M. SONSON, Chair