STAND. COM. REP. NO. 679

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 465

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Human Services & Homelessness and Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 465 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGING,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the Kupuna Care program located in the Executive Office on Aging.

The Executive Office on Aging, Hawai‘i County Executive Office on Aging, Hawaii Women's Coalition, Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs, the Kūpuna Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, Chinatown Gateway Plaza Tenant Association, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Catholic Charities Hawai‘i, Lanakila Meals on Wheels, International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Local 142, American Physical Therapy Association-Hawaii Chapter, and many individuals testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting language requiring the Executive Office on Aging to adopt rules pursuant to section 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for the administration and disbursement of funds appropriated for the Kupuna Care program;

(2) Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount;

(3) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion; and

(4) Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for clarity, consistency, and style.

Your Committee notes that it is the Committee's desire that the Committee on Finance defer funding under this measure in lieu of the Department of Health's Executive Office of Aging's budget in H.B. No. 1422 as Program ID HTH 904. Per the Executive Office of Aging's testimony, the funding request is $8,731,3680.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services & Homelessness and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 465, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 465, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services & Homelessness and Health,

____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair

______________________________ JOY A. SAN BUENAVENTURA, Chair