STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1907

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 178
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.C.R. No.
178 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE CARING...FOR
     LIFE FOUNDATION AS THE COORDINATING AGENCY FOR A PUBLIC-
     PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO ACT AS A SINGLE ENTITY TO COORDINATE
     COMPONENTS OF A LONG-TERM CARE SYSTEM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to strongly
support the Caring...for Life Foundation as the coordinating
agency to form a public-private partnership to act as the single
entity in accordance with the recommendations of the Hawaii Long-
Term Care Task Force as contained in its final report.  

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 178,
and recommends its adoption.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair