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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
REQUESTING A TASK FORCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STATEWIDE RESPONSE SYSTEM TO ASSIST WITH MISSING OR LOST SENIOR CITIZENS AND OTHER DISORIENTED ADULTS.
WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that there is a growing problem with elderly persons, senior citizens, and other adults becoming lost or disoriented; and
WHEREAS, those adults oftentimes are unable to relate their personal information, such as name and address, to law enforcement personnel or the agencies entrusted with their return; and
WHEREAS, the City and County of Honolulu currently uses a Kupuna Identification system (Kupuna ID) that could be used to help locate disoriented adults; and
WHEREAS, the Attorney General is exploring the use of a facial recognition system that could be incorporated into a missing senior citizen response system, as well as all other options and ideas available to them; and
WHEREAS, a statewide system with a database of at-risk adults could be instrumental in assisting in the identification of missing or disoriented adults in the future; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-fifth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2010, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Joint Legislative Committee on Aging in Place is requested to establish a task force to develop, implement, and oversee a system that can be used to locate and return missing senior citizens to their homes; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force be composed of one member from each of the following entities:
(1) The Executive Office on Aging;
(2) The county police departments (one member from each of the four counties);
(3) The Hawaii Government Employees Association retiree division;
(4) The Alzheimer's Association of Hawaii;
(5) The Department of the Attorney General;
(6) The Department of Public Safety;
(8) Each county's office on aging;
(9) University of Hawaii;
(10) The National Association of Security Companies;
(11) AARP Hawaii (formerly known as the Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons); and
(12) Other groups and entities as determined by the Joint Legislative Committee on Aging in Place to service people with conditions that may cause them to become disoriented, have memory loss, or that may cause a person to need help finding their place of residence; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force is requested to submit to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2011, a report on its findings and recommendations on developing a statewide response system to assist missing or lost senior citizens or other disoriented adults; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of the Executive Office on Aging; the Chiefs of the County Police Departments; the Attorney General; the Director of Public Safety; the Chairperson of the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii; the Executive Director of the Hawaii Chapter of the National Association of Security Companies; the State Director and State President of AARP Hawaii; the President of the Alzheimer's Association of Hawaii; the Director of the Hawaii Government Employees Association, Retirement Division; and other groups or entities determined by the Joint Legislative Committee on Aging in Place to service people with conditions that may cause them to become disoriented, have memory loss, or that may cause a person to need help finding their place of residence.
Missing Senior Citizens; System to Locate & Return; Task Force