STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2862

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2988

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2988, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO KUPUNA CARE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to support the health and well-being of caregivers and elders in the State.

Specifically, this measure:

(1) Appropriates funds to implement the kupuna caregivers program; and

(2) Requires the Executive Office on Aging to include in its annual report to the Governor and the Legislature a section that details outcomes of the kupuna caregivers program.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Elderly Affairs Division of the City and County of Honolulu; Maui County Office on Aging; AARP Hawaii; Hawaii Family Caregiver Coalition; Hawaii Public Health Association; Healthcare Association of Hawaii; Mental Health America of Hawaii; Caring Across Generations; Hawaii Section of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; Hawaii Alliance for Retired Americans; Kupuna Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii; American Association of University Women, Hawaii; Hawaii Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association; Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action; Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice; Faith Action for Community Equity; Long-Term Care Task Force of the Faith Action for Community Equity; ILWU Local 142; YWCA Oahu; OCC Legislative Priorities Committee, Democratic Party of Hawaii; Civic Education Council; Zonta Club of South Hilo; Hawaii Women's Coalition; PHOCUSED; United Public Workers; and over one hundred thirty individuals.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Executive Office on Aging.

Your Committee finds that the kupuna caregivers program is critical to supporting the well-being of caregivers, who may be elderly themselves, or who may need to consider leaving their jobs or taking a significant cut in pay to care for their parents.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the amount appropriated to implement the kupuna caregivers program from $4,000,000 to $3,400,000;

(2) Requiring the Executive Office on Aging to include in its annual report a cost breakdown and analysis of individuals served, by county and type of service received, for the kupuna caregivers program;

(3) Requiring the Executive Office on Aging to offer a plan to:

(A) Maximize the number of recipients served by the kupuna caregivers program; and

(B) Offer certain core services through the program;

(4) Requiring the Executive Office on Aging to submit a copy of the plan to the legislature prior to the convening of the regular session of 2019;

(5) Including activities of daily living and attendant care in the services provided by the kupuna caregivers program;

(6) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(7) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2988, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2988, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair