STAND. COM. REP. NO.  2109

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.C.R. No. 198

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Health and Human Services & Housing, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 198 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATION OF HAWAII TO EXAMINE THE PROBLEM OF PATIENTS IN ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS WAITLISTED FOR LONG TERM CARE AND TO PROPOSE SOLUTIONS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to alleviate the growing unsustainable financial burden on acute care hospitals throughout the State by requesting the Healthcare Association of Hawaii to examine the problem of patients in acute care hospitals waitlisted for long term care and to propose solutions.

     The Department of Health, Kaiser Permanente, Hawaii Long Term Care Association, Hawaii Disability Rights Center, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and the Queen's Medical Center supported this measure.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services & Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 198 and recommend its adoption.

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

____________________________ KARL RHOADS, Acting Chair and Vice Chair

____________________________ JOHN MIZUNO, Acting Chair and Vice Chair