STAND. COM. REP. NO. 263-20

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2020

RE: H.B. No. 1866

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Human Services & Homelessness and Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1866 entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the Healthy Aging Partnership Program (Program) to further the Program's important role in improving the health and well-being of Hawaii's kupuna.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Executive Office on Aging, Office of Aging of the County of Hawaii, ILWU Local 142, Hawaii Primary Care Association, AARP Hawaii, and numerous individuals.

Your Committees find that the Program is designed to improve the health of older individuals and to reduce higher levels of health care cost. The Program is designed to encourage and empower seniors to stay healthy, stay active, and to age in place. This is accomplished through the Program's education to seniors on better ways to manage their health, and how to safely reside in their homes and prevent falls.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation amount to an unspecified sum;

(2) Changing the effective date to December 31, 2059, to encourage further discussion; and

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

Should your Committee on Finance choose to hear this measure, your Committees respectfully request that it consider appropriating $550,000 for fiscal year 2020-2021 for the Program.

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. 1866, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1866, 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