STAND. COM. REP. NO.  899

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 160

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 160, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES AND HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to meet the significant need for assistance for the elderly in Hawaii by providing additional funding for the Kupuna Care Program.

     The Elderly Affairs Division of the City and County of Honolulu, Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs, AARP Hawaii, Lanakila Pacific, Catholic Charities Hawaii, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, and numerous concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Executive Office on Aging and Maui County Office on Aging provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Deleting specific references to programs receiving funding as part of the Kupuna Care Program;

     (2)  Changing the appropriation amount from $3,500,000 to an unspecified amount;

     (3)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 160, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 160, H.D. 2.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair