STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 448
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2025
RE: H.B. No. 1282
H.D. 1
Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2025
State of Hawaii
Madame:
Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1282 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CERTIFIED CAREGIVERS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The
purpose of this measure is to lower
the minimum age for a certified caregiver for an adult foster home from
twenty-one to eighteen.
Your Committee finds that the children of families who run adult foster homes often grow up alongside the residents, resulting in young adults who have a unique bond with the individuals they care for. Your Committee further finds that the individuals often need part-time jobs to help support their families. Lowering the minimum age for a certified caregiver for an adult foster family home to eighteen will enable adult foster homes to address staffing shortages and enable these young adults to make a meaningful contribution to their community.
Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1282, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1282, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,
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____________________________ GREGG TAKAYAMA, Chair |
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