STAND. COM. REP. NO.  769

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 493

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 493, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to address a growing aging population and improve the quality of life of older adults by appropriating funds for the following permanent, full-time equivalent positions:

(1)  The Director of the University of Hawaii (UH) Center on Aging; and

(2)  A Faculty Specialist within the UH Center on Aging.  

The Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs, ILWU Local 142, Hawaii Family Caregiver Coalition, AARP Hawaii, Project Dana, and several individuals supported this measure.  An individual opposed this measure.  The University of Hawaii at Manoa Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work and a few individuals 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. 493, 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