STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2920

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 31

       S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health and Human Services, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 31 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON AGING'S EFFORTS TO INCORPORATE A NO WRONG DOOR SYSTEM APPROACH INTO THE AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER HAWAII NETWORK,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to support the Executive Office on Aging's efforts to incorporate a No Wrong Door System approach in the Aging and Disability Resource Center network.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Executive Office on Aging, State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs, Hawaii Self-Advocacy Council, AARP Hawaii, and Family Voices of Hawaii.

     Your Committees find that the No Wrong Door System is a federal initiative to support states to streamline access to long-term service and support options for all populations and payers.  In 2014, the United States Administration for Community Living, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and Veterans Health Administration provided grants to states, including Hawaii, to plan a No Wrong Door System to help individuals with long-term service and support needs to stay at home as long as possible, thus avoiding institutionalization.  More specifically, Hawaii received a one-year planning grant to build upon the current work to develop the Aging and Disability Resource Center and in 2015, received a three‑year implementation grant to incorporate the No Wrong Door System approach into a network around the Aging and Disability Resource Center.

     Your Committees further find that the Aging and Disability Resource Center network will reflect each county's preferences but will include public outreach and coordination with key referral sources, person-centered counseling, streamlined access to public long-term service and support programs, and state governance and administration.  The Aging and Disability Resource Center network will also help the business operations of current service providers to meet federal requirements by improving coordination of programs and providing person-centered counseling and consumer choice.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health and Human Services that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 31, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 31, S.D. 1.

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

________________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

________________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair