STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 595
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2019
RE: H.B. No. 581
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 Health and Human Services & Homelessness, to which was referred H.B. No. 581 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142, Alzheimer's Association–Aloha Chapter, Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs, Chinatown Gateway Plaza Tenant Association, O‘ahu Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, and several individuals testified in support of this measure. The Executive Office on Aging provided comments.
Your Committees have amended this measure by:
(1) Appropriating funds to permit, rather than require, the Department of Health to hire a Program Specialist IV position located within the Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Division;
(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
Should your Committee on Finance deliberate on this measure further, your Committees on Health and Human Services & Homelessness respectfully request that the Department of Health and the Executive Office on Aging identify and secure federal funding for these positions.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services & Homelessness that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 581, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 581, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Human Services & Homelessness,
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______________________________ JOY A. SAN BUENAVENTURA, Chair |
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______________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair |
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