STAND. COM. REP. NO.  499

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 611

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 611 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIA SERVICES COORDINATOR POSITION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for an Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia Services Coordinator position within the Department of Health's Executive Office on Aging.

The Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs, Alzheimer's Association, AARP, International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142, Manoa Cottage, Manoa Cottage Kaimuki, and several individuals supported this measure.  The Executive Office on Aging and an individual commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Amending the appropriation to an unspecified amount; and

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2075, to facilitate further discussion.

     Should the Committee on Finance consider this measure, your Committee on Human Services respectfully requests that it consider appropriating $80,000 for each year of the 2017-2019 Fiscal Biennium for an Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia Services Coordinator position.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 611, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 611, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

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DEE MORIKAWA, Chair