STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1291

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 11

       S.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 11, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE DEADLINE FOR THE HOME FOR LIFE TASK FORCE TO REPORT ITS FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REDUCING BARRIERS TO AGING IN PLACE AND FACILITATING MULTIGENERATIONAL LIVING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to extend the deadline for the Home for Life Task Force to report its findings and recommendations for reducing barriers to aging in place and facilitating multigenerational living.

     Your Committee finds that on the recommendation of the Joint Legislative Committee on Aging in Place, the Home for Life Task Force was established, pursuant to S.C.R. No. 7, S.D. 1 (2009), to coordinate research and action to reduce barriers to aging in place and to facilitate multigenerational or accessible living.  However, a delay in the appointment of six members of the task force caused the task force to convene its first meeting significantly later than anticipated.  Your Committee further finds that the task force has diligently met six times since beginning its work, but it continues to work on unresolved issues due to the initial delay.  The current deadline for the task force to report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature is twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2011.  Your Committee further finds that an extension of the reporting deadline is necessary for the task force to fulfill its mission.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 11, S.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair