STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1932-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.C.R. No. 33

      S.D. 1

      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 Finance, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 33, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON AGING, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, AND THE STATE HEALTH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO CONTINUE THEIR WORK ON THE LONG TERM LIVING INITIATIVE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to require that the Departments of Health and Human Services, together with the Executive Office on Aging and the State Health Planning and Development Agency, continue their work on the Long Term Living Initiative to expand long term care infrastructure, workforce development, and financing mechanisms, as well as begin a new focus on engaging county government as partners in planning an integrated and coordinated policy with the State of Hawaii.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by:

(1)  Providing examples of work already conducted by other groups that could be consulted in the process; and

(2)  Requiring that a public process be developed to achieve the goals of this concurrent resolution.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 33, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 33, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair