STAND. COM. REP. NO.  945-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2434

      S.D. 2

      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 Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2434, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to enhance services for the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related dementia by:

 

(1)  Specifying additional duties for the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia Services Coordinator position; and

 

(2)  Appropriating funds for Fiscal Year 2014-2015 for establishing a full-time position in the Executive Office on Aging to assist the Coordinator with information and referral, counseling, education, support groups, and safety services.

 

     The Hawaii Primary Care Association; Alzheimer's Association, Aloha Chapter; Zonta Club of Hilo; Community Alliance for Mental Health; United Self Help; and an individual supported this measure.  The Executive Office on Aging commented on this measure.


Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2150, to facilitate further discussion; and

 

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity.

 

     In response to the Committee's inquiry, your Committee noted that the Executive Office on Aging approximates the cost of the full-time position specified in the measure at $80,000 plus fringe benefits.

 

     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 S.B. No. 2434, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2434, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, 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