STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1482-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: S.B. No. 3254
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 3254, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to encourage care for the elderly by:
(1) Making permanent the statutes regarding the licensing of home- and community-based case management agencies and the certification of community care foster family homes; and
(2) Increasing the maximum occupancy of community care foster family homes from two adults to three.
The Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs, Hawaii Disability Rights Center, Adult Foster Home Association of Hawaii, and numerous concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. The Department of Human Services and Hawaii Coalition of Care Home Administrators supported this measure with amendments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and
(2) Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for clarity and consistency.
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 S.B. No. 3254, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3254, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair |
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