STAND. COM. REP. NO. 232-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2242

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health & Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 2242 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO A SENIOR ADVOCATE PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Judiciary to study the feasibility of establishing a volunteer-based senior advocacy program in the State's family courts to complement existing efforts to assist persons in adult protective proceedings.

The Judiciary offered comments for this measure.

Your Committee amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to promote further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health & Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2242, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2242, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

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

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair