STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3166

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 2138

       H.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Human Services and Public Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 2138, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CAREGIVER RECOGNITION DAY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to establish the first Saturday in November as Caregiver Recognition Day.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Executive Office on Aging, the Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs, and the Hawai‘i Alliance for Retired Americans.

     Your Committee finds that establishing a Caregiver Recognition Day would celebrate and bring public attention to the thousands of caregivers who perform essential services for family members and patients each and every day.  Your Committee further finds that many caregivers perform caregiving duties as a natural extension of their family lives, even though it can mean great personal and professional sacrifice.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services and Public Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2138, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services and Public Housing,

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair