Bill Text: HI HCR64 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Adult Residential Care Home and Adult Foster Home Operators Month

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-04-20 - (S) Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 584). [HCR64 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-HCR64-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1035-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 64

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Human Services and Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 64 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MARCH AS "ADULT RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME AND ADULT FOSTER HOME OPERATORS MONTH.,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose for this concurrent resolution is to recognize March as "Adult Residential Care Home and Adult Foster Home operators Month."

 

     Universal Case Management and a concerned individual submitted testimony in support of this measure.

 

     Your Committees note that Adult Residential Care Homes (ARCH) and Adult Foster Homes (AFH) provide an invaluable service caring for elderly and disabled individuals.  They also save taxpayers substantial sums of money that would otherwise be spent to care for the vulnerable if they were to become wards of the State.  In addition, ARCH and AFH operators provide for all aspects of a person's needs, showcasing their comprehensive approach to healthcare.

 

     Your Committees also note that it is estimated that by the year 2020, one in four persons in Hawaii will be over the age of 60.  This statistic gives a somber reason of the increasing need for ARCH and AFH operators.

 

     Therefore, it is with great admiration that your Committees support the efforts of care home operators and recognizes them during the entire month of March.

 

     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 concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 64 and recommend its adoption.

 

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

 

 

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair		____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair