STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2078

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2589

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health and Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 2589 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of Health for the aging and disability resource center, which will improve access to services for the aging and disabled communities.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from Hawaii Pacific Health, AARP Hawaii, ILWU Local 142, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Catholic Charities Hawaii, PHOCUSED, and four individuals. Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Department of Health Executive Office on Aging.

Your Committees find that the funds appropriated by this measure will allow the aging and disability resource center to continue to serve as an effective single point of entry for individuals seeking information about long-term care options and provide support for county area agencies on aging.

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 are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2589 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

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

________________________________ JOSH GREEN, Chair

________________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair