Bill Text: HI SR51 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Urging The Executive Office On Aging To Conduct A Study On The Impacts Of An Aging Population In Hawaii.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-04-05 - Report and Resolution Adopted. [SR51 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2018-SR51-Amended.html

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THE SENATE	S.R. NO.	51
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE RESOLUTION

 

 

URGING THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON AGING TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON THE IMPACTS OF AN AGING POPULATION IN HAWAII.

 

 

     WHEREAS, Hawaii's aging population is expected to increase; and

 

     WHEREAS, seventeen percent of Hawaii's existing population consists of seniors, sixty-five years of age and older; and

 

     WHEREAS, a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that Hawaii has the highest life expectancy in the United States for those over sixty-five years of age; and

 

     WHEREAS, the State's total unfunded pension and health benefit liabilities total nearly $24,000,000,000; and

 

     WHEREAS, public employees of the baby boomer generation will continue to retire over the next fifteen years; and

 

     WHEREAS, Hawaii needs to develop plans and set policies to ensure that the State is prepared for a large aging population; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-ninth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2018, that the Executive Office on Aging is urged to conduct a study on the impacts of an aging population in Hawaii and submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2019; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the report is requested to include:

 

     (1)  Impacts of an aging population to the State's pension and health benefit unfunded liabilities;

 

     (2)  Future government services that potentially will be needed;

 

     (3)  Recommendations on what is needed to prevent adverse impacts of an aging population; and

 

     (4)  An assessment of the availability of long-term care services and bed space in Hawaii; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the Director of the Executive Office on Aging.

Report Title: 

Executive Office On Aging; Impact Study on Aging Population