STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1694-08
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2008
RE: S.B. No. 2150
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Fourth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2008
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2150, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADULT PROTECTION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to protect adults who are vulnerable and unable to fully care for themselves by expanding the types of abuse from which vulnerable adults are protected and expanding the authority to investigate allegations of abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation.
The State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Disability and Communication Access Board, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, National Association of Social Workers – Hawaii Chapter, and Catholic Charities Hawaii supported this bill. The Department of Human Services provided comments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2150, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2150, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair |
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