STAND. COM. REP. NO. 804-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2605

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Human Services and Housing and Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2605 entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to ensure the continued operation and expansion of Adult Residential Care Home (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 Coalition of Care Home Administrators and Policy Advisory Board for Elderly Affairs testified in support of this measure. The Department of Human Services opposed this measure.

Your Committees find that ARCHs have not received an increase in level of care payments in ten years. ARCHs provide 24-hour care, and testimony stated that it is estimated that ARCH operators earn less than $2 per hour. Additionally, costs have risen dramatically in recent years and ARCH operators find it difficult to care for residents with current levels of payment.

 

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Housing and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2605 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair

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MICHAEL PUAMAMO KAHIKINA, Chair