Hawaii House Bill 491 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-1)
Status: Introduced on January 25 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-12-10 - Carried over to 2022 Regular Session.
Pending: House Health, Human Services, & Homelessness Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Allows the executive office of aging to relax the thirty-hour employment requirement for qualified caregivers under the Kupuna Caregivers Program during a state-declared state of emergency. Adds the option of kupuna caregiver-directed services to the kupuna caregivers program. Includes assisting the care recipient and caregiver with the enrollment process as the duty of a coach. Allows funds under the Kupuna Caregivers Program to be issued to the care recipient's financial management service provider.

Relating To Services For Kupuna.

Sen. Troy Hashimoto [D]	Sen. Henry Aquino [D]	Rep. Lynn Decoite [D]	Rep. Stacelynn Eli [D]
Rep. Mark Hashem [D]	Rep. Daniel Holt [D]	Rep. Greggor Ilagan [D]	Rep. Jeanne Kapela [D]
Rep. Lisa Kitagawa [D]	Rep. Matthew Lopresti [D]	Rep. Lisa Marten [D]	Rep. Scot Matayoshi [D]
Sen. Angus McKelvey [D]	Rep. John Mizuno [D]	Rep. Daynette Morikawa [D]	Rep. Scott Nishimoto [D]
Rep. Amy Perruso [D]	Rep. Gregg Takayama [D]	Rep. Adrian Tam [D]	Rep. David Tarnas [D]
Rep. Chris Todd [D]	Rep. Kyle Yamashita [D]	Rep. Bob McDermott [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-12-10		Carried over to 2022 Regular Session.
2021-01-27	House	Referred to HHH, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 1
2021-01-25	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2021-01-22	House	Pending introduction.

SB838 (Same As) 2021-12-10 - Carried over to 2022 Regular Session.
HB491 (Carry Over) 2021-01-27 - Referred to HHH, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 1

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=491&year=2022
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2022/bills/HB491_.HTM