STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1221-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2605

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2605 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADULT RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to ensure the continued operation and expansion of Adult Residential Care Homes (ARCHs) by:

(1) Amending the level of care payments for Type I and Type II ARCHs; and

(2) Appropriating unspecified funds to pay for any increase in payments.

The Hawaii Coalition of Care Home Administrators, Filipino Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, Filipino Coalition for Solidarity, G. Inocencio's Adult Residential Care Home, Inocencio Adult Residential Care Home, Carlina Fernandez Adult Residential Care Home, United Group of Home Operators, Baris Care Home, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. The Department of Human Services opposed this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, to facilitate further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

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 S.B. No. 2605, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2605, H.D. 1.

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

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair