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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010 |
H.D. 2 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE LONG TERM CARE COMMISSION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Act 224, Session Laws of Hawaii 2008, section 4, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) There is established a long term care commission within the University of Hawaii college of social sciences public policy center for administrative purposes. The commission shall:
(1) Identify problems with current long term care capacity, programs, and services;
(2) Develop a five-year comprehensive long term care plan to accomplish long term care policy goals that, when implemented, will ensure the availability of a full continuum of institutional and community-based services, including benchmarks to evaluate accomplishments for each year;
(3) Research public and private financing options, including long term care insurance, and develop recommendations about financial resources, including a mix of public and private financing, necessary to achieve needed state long term care reforms and state public policy goals;
(4) Monitor federal legislation for changes that may
impact the program and adjust the long term care plan accordingly; [and]
(5) Collaborate with interested stakeholders,
including community coalitions or organizations concerned with educating the
public regarding long term care[.]; and
(6) Review the feasibility of establishing a long term care insurance fund to assist residents who would otherwise not qualify for any government or private long term care insurance program. The commission shall recommend appropriate funding mechanisms to provide for the long term care insurance fund. The commission shall report its conclusions and recommendations based upon this review as part of the commission's final report to the legislature on September 30, 2010."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Long Term Care Commission; Long Term Care Fund
Description:
Requires the long term care commission to review the feasibility of establishing a long term care fund to assist residents who would otherwise not qualify for any government or private long term care insurance program. Requires the Commission to recommend appropriate funding mechanisms. Requires conclusions and recommendations of the review to be included in the commission's final report to the legislature on September 30, 2010. (HB2939 HD1)
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