STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1606

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   S.B. No. 106

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 106, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to enhance services for the elderly by:

(1)  Establishing and appropriating funds in unspecified amounts for an Alzheimer's disease and related dementia services coordinator position within the Executive Office on Aging;

(2)  Appropriating funds in unspecified amounts for the Kupuna Care Program, Aging and Disability Resource Center, and Healthy Aging Partnership Program; and

(3)  Appropriating funds in unspecified amounts for grants pursuant to Chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to Catholic Charities Hawaii for the Lanakila Multi-Purpose Senior Center, Moiliili Community Center for the Moiliili Senior Center, and Waikiki Community Center.

For purposes of facilitating public input on this measure, your Committee gave notice of and held a public hearing on a proposed draft of this measure.  The proposed draft circulated by your Committee retains the provisions contained in the measure as received by your Committee, and adds provisions that:

(1)  Establish within the Department of Health, a task force on mobility management to, among other things, make recommendations on establishing a transportation framework to assist elders and individuals with disabilities with transportation needs in rural communities; and

(2)  Appropriate funds for each year of the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium for staffing, operations, and convening of the task force on mobility management.

The Office of Aging of the County of Hawaii, Maui County Office on Aging, Department of Community Services of the City and County of Honolulu, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, ILWU Local 142, and numerous individuals supported this measure.  The Executive Office on Aging; Catholic Charities Hawaii; Child & Family Service; Goodwill Industries of Hawaii, Inc.; Lanakila Pacific; and Partners in Development Foundation commented on this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Establishing the task force on mobility management within the Department of Health;

(2)  Appropriating funds for each year of the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium for the staffing, operations, and convening of the task force on mobility management; and

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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 S.B. No. 106, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 106, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair