STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1082

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 244

S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Human Services and Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 244, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LONG TERM CARE,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to establish a Long-term Care Resource Program Initiative at Kapiolani Community College (KCC) to accommodate a broader range of home- and community-based long-term care.

KCC, the Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Kokua Council, Faith Action for Community Equity, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this measure. The Department of Health recommended this bill be deferred.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 244, S.D. 2, and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Higher Education.

 

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

 

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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair

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ALEX M. SONSON, Chair