STAND. COM. REP. NO.  359-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2294

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Human Services and Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2294 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE NURSING FACILITY SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide Hawaii residents with increased access to long-term care and more sustainable nursing facilities by, among other things, extending the Nursing Facility Sustainability Program for an additional year.

The Department of Human Services, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Hawaii Primary Care Association, Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, Hawaii Long Term Care Association, and Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii supported this bill.

     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. 2294 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair

____________________________ MELE CARROLL, Chair