STAND. COM. REP. NO. 967

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2025

RE: H.B. No. 705

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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 705, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON AGING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish a temporary Medi-Medi Project within the Hawaii State Health Insurance Assistance Program to assist older adults, Medicare beneficiaries, individuals with disabilities, and other underserved populations who may qualify for various low-income subsidy programs to gain access to their benefits;

(2) Require the Executive Office on Aging to submit annual reports to the Legislature on the Medi-Medi Project; and

(3) Appropriate funds for the Hawaii State Health Insurance Assistance Program, including for staff and operating expenses.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from AARP Hawaiʻi; Hawaiʻi Family Caregiver Coalition; and two individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Executive Office on Aging.

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. 705, 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