HB1495 HD1

SECTION 1. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary as a grant pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to Kokua Mau as follows:

1. Integrate palliative care into long-term care settings by:

(A) Identifying select, leading skilled nursing facilities;

(B) Providing competency building for direct care staff;

(C) Building upon University of Hawaii center on aging's appropriate (end-of-life) care for residents of nursing homes project;

(D) Including national End of Life Nursing Education Consortium geriatric curriculum specific for skilled nursing facilities; and

(E) Leading organizational capacity building for site teams to advance palliative care training.

Fiscal year 2007-2008 $72,000

Fiscal year 2008-2009 $72,000

2. Implement statewide physician orders for life-sustaining treatment by:

(A) Developing and carrying out professional education on rapid identification document and physician orders for life-sustaining treatment;

(B) Initiating a public awareness campaign integrated into continued campaigns on advance care planning; and

Fiscal year 2007-2008 $90,000

Fiscal year 2008-2009 $60,000

3. Implement a hospice and palliative care resource center demonstration project by:

(A) Developing a referral and resource center to assist individuals, professionals, and businesses in anticipating and addressing pressing life-altering conditions resulting from chronic, progressive, life-limiting illnesses or terminal illnesses;

(B) Actively engaging in counseling about options for care, assisting with referrals, and providing education for clients to access resources in the community;

(C) Leading discussions surrounding values clarification in making advance care planning decisions, understanding hospice and palliative care; and

(D) Providing referral to appropriate services of care.

Fiscal year 2007-2008 $90,000

Fiscal year 2008-2009 $60,000

4. Implement statewide assessment of benchmark indicators by:

(A) Following up previous surveys to assess such end of life indicators as advance directive completion rates, attitudes and beliefs toward hospice, and palliative and end of life care; and

(B) Collaborating with other states to implement the behavioral risk factor surveillance system survey for national trends and comparisons.

Fiscal year 2007-2008 $18,000

Total funding for fiscal year 2007-2008 $270,000

Total funding for fiscal year 2008-2009 $192,000

The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of health for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2007.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1495
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII