STAND. COM. REP. NO.  328-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 1713

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1713 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to enhance the health and well-being of Hawaii's elderly population by:

(1)  Appropriating funds to support collaborative health care and social service agency community-based programs, including the Kupuna Care Program, Aging and Disability Resource Center, and the Department of Health's Executive Office on Aging's Health Aging Partnership Program; and

(2)  Requiring the Department of Health's Executive Office on Aging to conduct a public education and awareness campaign on long-term care and appropriating funds for this purpose.

The City and County of Honolulu Department of Community Services, County of Hawaii Office of Aging, American Council of Life Insurers, Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs (PABEA), Catholic Charities Hawai‘i, PABEA Legislative Committee, Aloha United Way, ILWU Local 142, AARP, Hawaii Primary Care Association, and several individuals supported this measure.  The Executive Office on Aging supports this measure as long as the measure's enactment does not reduce or replace the priorities in the Administration's Supplemental Budget request.  

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1713 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair