Bill Text: HI HB1880 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Senior Centers; Grants; Appropriation; Health

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-27 - Referred to FIN, referral sheet 2 [HB1880 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2016-HB1880-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1880
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SENIOR CENTERS.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that senior centers in Hawaii provide vital health education and screenings, fitness, recreation, case management, and other services that enable thousands of senior citizens to maintain wellness, support independence, and avoid expensive institutional care.  The executive office on aging's 2013 Profile of Successful Aging Among Hawaii's Older Adults notes that supportive relationships, interactions with the environment, and engagement in social activities have positive correlations with the well-being of older adults.

     The legislature further finds that senior centers are accessible and popular places where Hawaii's kupuna may gather for social engagement and physical activity that contribute to their well-being.

     The purpose of this Act is to provide funding for senior centers, thereby enabling kupuna to participate in activities to help them remain active, healthy, and independent in their community.

     SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $           or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2016-2017 to provide funding for grants, pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for seniors centers and to be distributed as follows:

     (1)  Catholic Charities Hawaii for the Lanakila multi-purpose senior center          $185,000;

     (2)  Kapahulu Center                      $       ;

     (3)  Moiliili Community Center for the Moiliili senior center                         $60,000;

          and

     (4)  Waikiki Community Center              $75,000.

     The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of health for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2016.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

Report Title:

Senior Centers; Grants; Appropriation; Health

 

Description:

Makes appropriations for grants to various senior centers.

 

 

 

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