STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2018

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2438

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 2438 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HEALTHY AGING PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for the continuation of the Hawaii healthy aging partnership program.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Executive Office on Aging, ILWU Local 142, Oahu County Committee Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Ho‘omanapono Political Action Committee, and twenty-nine individuals.

Your Committee finds that in Hawaii, an individual spends on average $20,477 per year on emergency room visits and hospitalizations. Your Committee further finds that the Hawaii healthy aging partnership program has shown that participants with chronic conditions benefit from the self-management techniques and exercises in avoiding long term effects of chronic conditions and that the program should receive financial support for continued implementation.

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 S.B. No. 2438 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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JOSH GREEN, Chair