STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3095

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3113

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3113, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to improve government efficiency by incorporating the kupuna caregivers program into the kupuna care program.

More specifically, the measure:

(1) Specifies that the kupuna care program, among other things, shall provide support services to caregivers and employed caregivers who assist older adults to age in place;

(2) Expands the services available to caregivers, employed caregivers, and care recipients; and

(3) Sets out procedures and information that may be used to determine program eligibility.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Executive Office on Aging, Maui County Office on Aging, Disability and Communication Access Board, AARP Hawaii, Alzheimer's Association, American Association of University Women of Hawaii, and three individuals.

Your Committee finds that this measure's incorporation of the kupuna caregivers program into the kupuna care program will streamline the administrative and programmatic burdens of maintaining two separate programs while continuing to provide an array of seamless services and supports that meet the needs of older adults and their caregivers.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Amending the definition of "care recipient" in section 349-16, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to achieve consistency between the names of long-term care facilities referenced therein and the names of those facilities as referenced in Chapter 321, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

(2) Deleting the definition of "coach" from section 349-16, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which is rendered unnecessary by the measure's deletion of all references to that term in Chapter 349, Hawaii Revised Statutes; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3113, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3113, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair