STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1735-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2129

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred S.B. No. 2129, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELDER AFFAIRS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to promote the well-being of elder citizens of this state by ensuring that the recommendations and positions of the Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs (PABEA) are disseminated unaltered and unedited.  This bill authorizes PABEA to testify before the Legislature on any matter related to its duties and responsibilities.

 

     PABEA, AARP, Kokua Council, and several individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Health and the Executive Office on Aging opposed this measure.

 

     Concerns were voiced that this bill should not move out of this Committee because it is unnecessary.  However, your Committee notes that this opinion differs from that of the proponents of this bill.  Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2008.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2129, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2129, S.D. 2, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Legislative Management,

 

 

 

 

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MICHAEL Y. MAGAOAY, Chair