STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3358

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 493

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 493, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the appropriation of funds for an associate/full professor position and an assistant/associate specialist position within the University of Hawaii Center on Aging.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the University of Hawaii at Manoa; Hawaii Alliance for Retired Americans; Hawaii Family Caregiver Coalition; Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs; and five individuals.

     Your Committee finds that the University of Hawaii Center on Aging is a key partner in the aging network and provides consultation, research, and program development and evaluation in collaboration with government and service providers.  Your Committee further finds that the development of Hawaii's workforce to care for and address the needs of older adults has not kept pace with the growing population of kupuna.  Your Committee believes that the University of Hawaii Center on Aging has recognized this workforce gap and will be well-equipped to address this issue with the two faculty positions funded by this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing:

     (1)  The appropriation to fund the full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) assistant/associate specialist position from $75,924 to $88,596; and

     (2)  The effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 493, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 493, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair