STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1054-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.C.R. No. 53

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Health and Human Services & Housing, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 53 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATION OF HAWAII TO CONTINUE ITS EFFORTS TO DEVELOP SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM OF PATIENTS IN HOSPITALS WHO ARE WAITLISTED FOR LONG-TERM CARE,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to address the serious problem of patients who must remain in acute care hospitals because they cannot be transferred to a long-term care (LTC) facility due to insufficient numbers of LTC beds in nursing facilities by requesting that the Healthcare Association of Hawaii (HAH) continue its efforts to develop solutions to the problem.

     HAH, the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, and Hawaii Pacific Health supported this concurrent resolution.

     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 H.C.R. No. 53 and recommend its adoption.

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

____________________________ MAILE SHIMABUKURO, Chair

____________________________ JOSHUA B. GREEN, M.D., Chair