STAND. COM. REP. NO. 518-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 2145

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, Human Services, & Homelessness, to which was referred H.B. No. 2145 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO KUPUNA CARE PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to incorporate the Kupuna Caregivers Program into the Kupuna Care Program.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Executive Office on Aging, Hawaii County Office of Aging, County of Kauai Agency on Elderly Affairs, and Alzheimer's Association.

Your Committee finds that the Kupuna Caregivers Program and Kupuna Care Program offer similar services for older adults and their caregivers. Your Committee further finds that combining the two programs will provide an array of seamless services and support to meet the needs of older adults and their caregivers.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2060, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making 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, & Homelessness that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2145, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2145, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair