STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1327-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.B. No. 2831

      S.D. 1

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 S.B. No. 2831, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CENTER ON AGING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to assist the University of Hawaii's (UH) Center on Aging Research and Education (Center) in assuring the well-being of Hawaii's older adults by:

(1)  Directing UH to establish up to four faculty positions for the Center; and

(2)  Appropriating an unspecified sum for the Center's faculty positions and program expenses.

The UH at Manoa, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs, Hawaii Aging Advocates Coalition, Kokua Council, and several individuals testified in support of this bill.

     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 are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2831, S.D. 1, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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