STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1269-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2930

S.D. 2

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. 2930, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to expand options for long-term care services in the community and to protect the health and safety of the elderly and disabled. Among other things, this bill:

(1) Extends the statutory authority for the licensing of home- and community-based case management agencies and community care foster family homes to 2006;

(2) Allows the Department of Human Services (DHS) to delegate the responsibility of certifying community care foster family homes to separate the process of certifying these homes from the licensing of home- and community-based case management agencies;

(3) Authorizes DHS to obtain adult protective services background checks in addition to criminal history record checks on operators and employees of home- and community based case management agencies and community care foster family homes;

(4) Requires DHS to submit a report prior to the 2006 legislative session detailing this measure's impact on issues raised by the Legislative Auditor regarding conflicts of interest in the certification of community care foster family homes and DHS' monitoring of home- and community-based case management agencies and community care foster family homes; and

(5) Appropriates funds to assist DHS in performing these functions.

DHS, the Queen's Medical Center, and Catholic Charities testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing its 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. 2930, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2930, S.D. 2, H.D. 1.

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

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair