STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1521

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: S.B. No. 366

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 366, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for:

(1) One full-time equivalent Program Specialist IV position in the Executive Office on Aging; and

(2) The Executive Office on Aging to update the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias State Plan.

For purposes of a public hearing on this measure, your Committee circulated a proposed S.B. No. 366, H.D. 1 (Proposed Draft) and notified the public that it would be accepting testimony on this proposal. The Proposed Draft removes the appropriation for funds to update the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias State Plan and instead appropriates funds to:

(1) Fund the existing Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia Services Coordinator in the Executive Office on Aging; and

(2) Establish a new Program Specialist IV position within the Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Division of the Department of Health.

The Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs, International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142, Zonta Club of Hilo, Chinatown Gateway Plaza Tenant Association, Alzheimer's Association-Aloha Chapter, and several individuals testified in support of this measure. The Department of Health and Executive Office on Aging provided comments.

Your Committee considered the merits of S.B. No. 366, S.D. 2, as received by your Committee and the Proposed Draft. Upon careful consideration, your Committee adopted the Proposed Draft with an amendment placing the newly established Program Specialist IV position within the Executive Office on Aging and not in the Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Division of the Department of Health.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 366, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 366, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair