Bill Text: HI SCR42 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Kupuna Caucus; Long-term Care Insurance; Study; LRB

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-04-16 - (H) Referred to HLT/ERB, LMG, referral sheet 66 [SCR42 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-SCR42-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3409

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.C.R. No. 42

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 42, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU TO CONDUCT A STUDY TO DETERMINE WAYS, OTHER THAN TAX INCENTIVES, TO ENCOURAGE EMPLOYERS TO PROVIDE AND PAY FOR LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE AND INDIVIDUALS TO PURCHASE LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study to determine ways, other than tax incentives, to encourage employers to provide and pay for long-term care insurance and individuals to purchase this insurance.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.  Written comments on this measure were received from the Legislative Reference Bureau.

 

     Your Committee finds that the high cost of long-term care insurance is a major barrier for many consumers.  While tax incentives can reduce the costs of purchasing this type of insurance, this measure seeks to identify other options to encourage the availability and purchase of affordable long-term care insurance.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Deleting the Hawaii Long-Term Care Commission from the list of entities that will receive a certified copy of this measure, as the Commission's term will expire on the adjournment sine die of the 2012 Regular Session; and

 

     (2)  Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purpose of clarity.

 

     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 concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 42, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 42, S.D. 2.

 

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

 

		____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Chair