STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3223

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.R. No. 53

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Human Services and Public Housing and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.R. No. 53 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION URGING THE STATE BUILDING CODE COUNCIL TO EXPEDITIOUSLY ADOPT PROVISIONS IN THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE, 2006 EDITION, RELATING TO PHYSICAL ASSISTANCE IN EVACUATION FOR RESIDENTS IN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES OR SIMILAR FACILITIES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to urge the State Building Code Council to adopt expeditiously the provisions in the International Building Code, 2006 edition, relating to physical assistance in evacuation for residents in assisted living facilities or similar facilities.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Department of Human Services, the Department of Accounting and General Services, and the Disability and Communication Access Board.

     Your Committees find that the Legislature has long recognized the importance of developing a long-term care infrastructure plan to ensure public safety while supporting aging in place, and that this measure is necessary to protect the health and welfare of residents of assisted living facilities. 

     Your Committees have amended this measure and its title by:

     (1)  Incorporating the comments made by the Department of Human Services clarifying the description of the International Building Code, 2006 edition, to include mention of the recommended amendments made by the Department of Human Services' report to the Legislature pursuant to S.C.R. 144, S.D. 1, adopted by the 2006 Legislature; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Public Housing and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 53, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Tourism and Government Operations, in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 53, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Public Housing and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs,

____________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair

____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair