STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2882

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2831

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, 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,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the University of Hawaii Center on Aging Research and Education for faculty positions and program expenses.

     More specifically, the measure appropriates funds for the center to carry out its mission of assuring the well-being of the State's older adults.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the University of Hawaii, the Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs, the Kokua Council, the Hawaii Aging Advocates Coalition, and one private citizen.

     Your Committee finds that the joint legislative committee on family caregiving was established under Act 285, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006, to develop a comprehensive public policy to strengthen support for family caregivers in Hawaii.  Your Committee supports the joint committee's recommendations to partner with the University of Hawaii to expand research, education, and training efforts in order to build a family caregiver and "aging in place" support system in Hawaii.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2831, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair