STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2049-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.C.R. No. 149

S.D. 1

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 S.C.R. No. 149, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON AGING AND THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CENTER ON AGING TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO REVIEW IN-HOME CARE SERVICES AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF CARE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Executive Office on Aging and the University of Hawaii Center on Aging to convene a working group to review the provision of in-home care services in Hawaii, make recommendations that will improve the quality of care, and include its review and recommendations in a report to the Legislature.

The Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs, Caring Across Generations, AARP Hawaii, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, and a few concerned individuals submitted testimony in support of this measure. The Executive Office on Aging provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Amending the title to read, "REQUESTING THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON AGING AND THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CENTER ON AGING TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO REVIEW IN-HOME CARE SERVICES AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF CARE AND URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO ADOPT ADMINISTRATIVE RULES TO PROTECT CONSUMERS.";

(2) Specifying that care provided by home care agencies, home health agencies, and care provided by emerging aging in place care models that are providing home care or home health care services in the community are to be described within the in-home care services working group review and report;

(3) Urging the Department of Health to adopt administrative rules for home health care agencies by October 1, 2018;

(4) Urging the Department of Health to report to the Legislature upon adopting the administrative rules; and

(5) Making other technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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 concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 149, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 149, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

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

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair