STAND. COM. REP. NO.  219-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2155

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Human Services and Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2155 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CASE MANAGEMENT,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to protect consumers and ensure the provision of high quality home- and community-based care by establishing standards for the case management industry.  Specifically, this bill establishes a code of professional conduct that case management agencies and case managers must adhere to.

     The Adult Foster Homecare Association, The Primary Care Providers, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Human Services (DHS) opposed this measure.  Case Management, Inc., offered comments.

     The intent of your Committees is to work toward including private case managers as well as case managers licensed by DHS.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2155 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Health,

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair

____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair