STAND. COM. REP. NO.  742-14

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 Finance, 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 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, Elderly Affairs Division; Zonta Club of Hilo; Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs; Hawaii Primary Care Association; AARP; Aloha United Way; Hawaii Alliance for Retired Americans; Catholic Charities Hawaii; American Council of Life Insurers; Alzheimer's Association, Aloha Chapter; and several individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Executive Office on Aging, Lanakila Pacific, and an individual provided comments on this measure.

     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. 1713 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair