STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1513

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.R. No. 74

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Health and Human Services, to which was referred H.R. No. 74 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO EXAMINE ISSUES RELATED TO STATE-LICENSED AND STATE-CERTIFIED CARE HOMES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request that the Department of Health convene a task force, co-chaired by the Director of Health and Director of Human Services, to examine issues relating to funding, regulation, and oversight of state licensed or certified residential care facilities that serve adults.

The State Council on Developmental Disabilities and Department of Health submitted comments on this measure.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

     (1)  Including representatives of additional stakeholders representing the care facilities affected by the work of the task force and the communities of individuals served by these facilities; and

     (2)  Making nonsubstantive technical amendments for the purpose of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 74, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to your Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 74, H.D. 1.

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

____________________________ DEE MORIKAWA, Chair

____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair