STAND. COM. REP. NO. 630

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 248

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 248 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Establish a demonstration project for the County of Kauai to provide reimbursement to family caregivers who give free and continuing day-to-day care in the home to a qualified relative who is a functionally dependent person or who is suffering from cognitive impairments; and

(2) Appropriate funds to carry out this demonstration project.

This bill also requires the Department of Health (DOH) to:

(1) Submit progress reports of its findings no later than 20 days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009; and

(2) Submit a final report no later than 20 days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2010.

ILWU Local 142, the Hawaii Alliance for Retired Americans, Kokua Council, the State Representative from the 38th House District, and an individual testified in support of this bill. DOH opposed this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 248 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

 

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ALEX M. SONSON, Chair