STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2087-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.C.R. No. 153

S.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 S.C.R. No. 153, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM, IN COORDINATION AND COOPERATION WITH THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON AGING AND COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I OFFICE OF AGING, TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON THE NECESSITY AND FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A SENIOR LIVING CENTER IN THE KA‘U DISTRICT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, in coordination with the Executive Office on Aging and County of Hawaii Office of Aging, to conduct a study on the necessity and feasibility of establishing a senior living center in the Ka‘u district on the island of Hawaii.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from one member of the Hawai‘i County Council and the County of Hawai‘i Office of Aging. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and Executive Office on Aging.

Your Committee finds that according to the American Community Survey 2019 five-year estimates, the Ka‘u district on the island of Hawaii supports a population of 9,885 individuals, of which 2,519, or 25.5 percent, were sixty years of age or older. Your Committee further finds that County of Hawaii Office of Aging currently serves approximately two hundred forty-eight individuals, or twenty-five percent of the elderly population in Ka‘u, through its home and community-based service programs. The report requested by this measure will allow policy makers to better determine the needs of elderly residents in the Ka‘u district.

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 concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 153, S.D. 1, and recommends that it 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