STAND. COM. REP. NO.  257

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 7

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Health and Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 7 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ELDERLY,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to meet the outstanding and future needs of Hawaii's elderly and dependent adult population by establishing the Hawaii Kupuna Trust Fund as a way of financing programs and services to strengthen elderly and dependent adult care.

 

     An individual testified in support of this measure.  The Executive Office on Aging testified in support of the intent of this measure.  The Department of Budget and Finance submitted comments.

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Replacing the definition of "dependent adult", which was deleted from section 346-222, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), with the definition of "vulnerable adult" as defined in section 346-222, HRS; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 7, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 7, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Human Services,

 

 

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MELE CARROLL, Chair

 

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair