STAND. COM. REP. NO.  460-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2171

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2171, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to stimulate the development of long-term care facilities by establishing a long-term care facility construction and improvement tax credit in Hawaii.

     The Hawaii Long Term Care Association supported this bill. The Hawaii Centers for Independent Living opposed this measure. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii and the Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs provided comments on this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2171, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

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JOSHUA B. GREEN, M.D., Chair