Bill Text: HI SB824 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Aging; Long-Term Care; Aging and Disability Resource Center Program; Appropriation
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [SB824 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-SB824-Introduced.html
Report Title:
Aging; Long-Term Care; Aging and Disability Resource Center Program; Appropriation
Description:
Appropriates funds to assist with the development of the aging and disability resource center program.
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The delivery of long-term care in Hawaii has characteristically been uncoordinated, making it difficult for consumers to obtain information about long-term care options and services. This lack of coordination between different programs has resulted in inconsistent eligibility requirements, funding mandates, care benefits, provider participation regulations, administrative structures, and service delivery mechanisms. Consequently, it is difficult to establish a comprehensive continuum of long-term care (ranging from nursing homes to home and community-based services) for the elderly and the disabled.
In 2005, Hawaii was selected to receive a grant from the United States Department of Health and Human Services to develop an aging and disability resource center program. The grant is intended to help Hawaii develop "one-stop shop" programs at the community level that can serve as the entry point to the long‑term services and support system. The vision is to have resource centers in every community serving as highly visible and trusted places where people can turn for information on the full range of long-term care support options, and with a streamlined process for screening, intake, assessment, and eligibility determination. Long-term care support refers to a wide range of in-home, community-based, and institutional services and programs that are designed to help individuals with disabilities.
The executive office on aging, in partnership with the Hawaii county office of aging, established Kahi Malama - the State's first aging and disability resource center pilot site – in Hawaii county. The project received additional funding from the Hawaii county council, with support from the Hawaii county mayor, to enable the project to lease a facility in Hilo. The Hawaii county office of aging shares this centralized facility with other aging and disability service providers, including the department of human services, the Arc of Hilo, Services for Seniors, and the Legal Aid Society.
The city and county of Honolulu elderly affairs division, the second pilot site, will begin as a virtual model. A comprehensive resource website is being developed in conjunction with the Kauai county agency on elderly affairs and an information technology and website development team. The website enhances the counties' current telephone hotline information and assistance program. The website is expected to launch in spring 2009, and the new template will be available to all counties. Future expansion plans include establishing satellite physical sites in Oahu's north shore and leeward communities, a site in the Hamakua district of Hawaii county, and sites in Kauai and Maui counties. The estimated cost for these activities is $575,000 for the next fiscal year and a slightly smaller amount for the following fiscal year.
The purpose of this Act is to support the aging and disability resource center program by appropriating funds to supplement its development statewide.
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2009-2010 and the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2010-2011 to supplement the development of the aging and disability resource center program as follows:
(1) Provide start-up funds for two new pilot sites for Maui and Kauai, and continue the coordination of Hawaii and Honolulu counties, which have also initiated plans for additional satellite sites on their respective islands. This includes aging and disability resource center staff positions for each county pilot site for project coordination and management, and administrative support;
(2) Purchase additional management information system products and expand telephone systems. This includes software licensing renewals, server clusters, installation, staff training, computer hardware, technical support, and consultation for website and management information system maintenance and enhancements;
(3) Coordinate and implement the aging and disability resource center consumer education and outreach campaigns. This includes outreach coordination, the production and printing of aging and disability resource center brochures and printed materials, posters, media advertisements (print, television, and radio), presentations and exhibits at senior and disability events or focal centers, bilingual translation, and other promotional activities that will educate consumers and the public about aging and disability resource center services; and
(4) Continue the state-level coordination and evaluation activities of the project. This includes appropriation for the positions of project coordinator, project evaluator consultant, and research assistant, and administrative support.
SECTION 3. The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of health for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2009.
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