STAND. COM. REP. NO.  479

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 1432

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Health and Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 1432 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTERS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to enhance access to long-term care and support services for older adults, individuals with disabilities, and family caregivers by appropriating funds for the Executive Office on Aging to support a statewide aging and disability resource center with sites in each county.

The Executive Office on Aging, Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, AARP, and several individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Health opposed this measure.  An individual commented on this measure.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1432, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1432, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

____________________________ MELE CARROLL, Chair

____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair