JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON FAMILY CAREGIVING

Senator Les Ihara, Jr., Co-Chair Representative Marilyn Lee, Co-Chair

Senator Rosalyn Baker Representative John Mizuno

Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland Representative Alex Sonson

Senator Gordon Trimble Representative Karen Awana

NOTICE OF MEETING

AMENDED – NOTICE OF CANCELLATION

DATE:

Monday, October 29, 2007

TIME:

12:00 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229

State Capitol,

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

The Joint Legislative Committee on Family Caregiving will meet to address the issue of establishing a paid family leave program under the State's Temporary Disability Insurance law to provide wage replacement benefits to employees who take time off from work to care for a seriously ill family member. The entities listed below have been invited to submit testimony.

1. Hawaii Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations 7. Department of Taxation

2. Hawaii Business Roundtable 8. Department of Labor and Industrial Relations

3. Small Business Hawaii 9. Teamsters & Allied Workers Local 996

4. Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii 10. Laborers' International Union Local 368

5. Society for Human Resource Management 11. ILWU

6. Hawaii Institute for Public Affairs 12. Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees Local 5

The purpose of the Joint Legislative Committee on Family Caregiving, as stated in Act 285 (2006), is to develop a comprehensive public policy program to support family caregivers who provide unpaid, informal assistance to persons sixty and older with physical or cognitive disabilities. The Committee will consider providing support in categories including but not limited to: coordinated services and policies, training and education, respite services, financial incentives, and balancing work and caregiving.

Persons who wish to submit testimony are asked to contact the committee clerk at 586-6250. All testifiers are requested to submit 45 copies of their testimony at least 24 hours before the briefing in room 220 at the State Capitol, or by fax to 586-6251. If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the meeting (i.e., sign language interpreter, wheelchair accessibility, or parking designated for the disabled) please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.

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Senator Les Ihara, Jr.

Co-Chair

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Representative Marilyn B. Lee

Co-Chair