STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2079

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2593

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. 2593 entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for the healthy aging partnership program to further the program's role in improving the health and well-being of Hawaii's kupuna.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from Hawaii Pacific Health, AARP Hawaii, ILWU Local 142, Hawaii Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, and five individuals. Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Department of Health Executive Office on Aging.

Your Committees find that this measure provides critical funding for the healthy aging partnership program, an award-winning program that empowers kupuna to make healthy decisions and engage in healthier lifestyles. Your Committees further find that continued implementation of the healthy aging partnership program will help the State accomplish the first goal in the Hawaii State Plan on Aging and provide a better quality of life for the elderly.

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. 2593 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