STAND. COM. REP. NO. 902

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 838

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 838, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to reestablish and appropriate funds for the Long-Term Care Commission within the University of Hawaii College of Social Sciences Social Science Research Institute to identify needed reforms of Hawaii's long-term care system.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Kūpuna Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and four individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of the Attorney General, College of Social Sciences at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Executive Office on Aging, State Procurement Office, and AARP Hawai‘i.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 838, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair