STAND. COM. REP. NO.  846-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2198

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2198, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CAREGIVING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to address the needs of grandparents who raise their grandchildren by establishing the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Task Force to assess the needs and issues facing these grandparents, to include, among other things:

 

(1)  Reviewing recent reports and documents on this issue; and

 

(2)  Submitting an interim and final report on this matter to the Legislature.

 

     The Executive Office on Aging and Hawaii Aging Advocates Coalition testified in support of this bill.  The Partners in Development Foundation commented on this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2198, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair