STAND. COM. REP. NO.  617-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2056

      H.D. 1

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. 2056, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to protect and assist the elderly by, among other things:

     (1)  Repealing the civil service status and collective bargaining unit membership of the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia Services Coordinator position in the Executive Office on Aging;

     (2)  Establishing an Elder Justice Coordinator position in the Executive Office on Aging to plan and implement statewide initiatives to protect seniors from elder abuse and fraud; and

     (3)  Appropriating funds for the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia Services Coordinator position; the Elder Justice Coordinator position; a public awareness campaign on elder abuse; and grants to various senior centers on Oahu.

The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; Department of Community Services of the City and County of Honolulu; Hawaii Primary Care Association; Lanakila Pacific; Hawaii Alliance for Retired Americans; Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs; Zonta Club of Hilo; and a concerned individual testified in support of this measure.  The Executive Office on Aging commented 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. 2056, H.D. 1, 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