Bill Text: HI SB821 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Kupuna Care; Cash and Counseling; Appropriation

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [SB821 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB821-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 645

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 821

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 821, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to effectuate the findings of the Joint Legislative Committee on Aging in Place and to maintain the levels of Kupuna Care service that were provided statewide in the 2007-2008 fiscal year.

 

     More specifically, this measure requires the Executive Office on Aging to cooperate with the county Offices of Aging to develop:

 

(1)  A plan to increase voluntary contributions to support the cost of Kupuna Care programs;

 

(2)  Procedures for managing the waitlist for Kupuna Care service; and

 

(3)  Policies for applying a cash and counseling approach to service delivery.

 

     Your Committee received three written comments on this measure.  Copies of written comments submitted are available for review on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that the Kupuna Care program has been one of the most cost effective programs delivering vital services to elders in Hawaii.  As of June 30, 2008, the waitlist for Kupuna Care services contained two hundred forty-two people.  Since the need for government funded elder services is likely to increase with the downturn in the economy, your Committee believes that it is important to maintain critical care services and programs like Kupuna Care.

 

     Your Committee amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2070, to encourage further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 821, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 821, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

		____________________________ DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair