Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Human Services and Health, to which was referred S.R. No. 134 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to designate March as Caregivers' Month in Hawaii.

Your Committees received testimony in support of the measure from the Adult Foster Home Association of Hawaii and more than one hundred individuals.

Your Committees find that this measure highlights the contributions caregivers make to our society, acknowledges the value of their assistance, and designates a specific time period to recognize caregivers for the vital service they provide.

Your Committees have amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity 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 concur with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 134, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 134, S.D. 1.