STAND. COM. REP. NO. 507-12
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2012
RE: H.B. No. 2517
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2012
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Human Services and Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2517 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTERS,"
beg leave to report as follows:
Your Committees have amended this measure by:
(1) Adding preamble language with references to government and private support for Aging and Disability Resource Center Program, and the advantages of centralized data collection;
(2) Amending definitions of "aging and disability resource center", "area agency on aging", "dementia", and "options counseling";
(3) Adding Kupuna Care to the list of programs and services that can be accessed by the public through the Aging and Disability Resource Center;
(4) Adding a provision that allows for a centralized application process for publically funded long-term support and services that can be accessed by the public though the Aging and Disability Resource Center;
(5) Specifying that the executive office on aging shall coordinate the implementation of the statewide Aging and Disability Resource Center Program;
(6) Specifying that the area agencies on aging shall implement the statewide Aging and Disability Resource Center program within their respective geographic service area; and
(7) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
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. 2517, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2517, H.D. 1, 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 |
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____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair |