Bill Text: HI SCR82 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Missing Senior Citizens; System to Locate & Return; Task Force

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-30 - (S) Report adopted, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. [SCR82 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SCR82-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2932

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.C.R. No. 82

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committees on Human Services and Judiciary and Government Operations, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 82 entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING A TASK FORCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SYSTEM TO ASSIST WITH MISSING OR LOST SENIOR CITIZENS,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to request the development of a task force to assist in finding missing or lost senior citizens.

 

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Hawaii Government Employees Association, the Occupational Therapy Association of Hawaii, and the Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs.  Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by the Police Department of the City and County of Honolulu and the Office of the Attorney General.  Written testimony presented to the Committees may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committees find that there is a growing problem with senior citizens becoming lost, prone to forgetfulness, or experiencing disorientation.  Your Committees also find that there are programs in place and promising technological advancements that can be used to develop a statewide response system to assist in finding missing adults.  Your Committees further find that establishing and maintaining a database with at-risk adults is an important preventative measure as well as irreplaceable tool in finding those who are unable to relate their personal information.  Accordingly, your Committees have amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Replacing the Office of the Attorney General with the Joint Legislative Committee on Aging in Place as the convenor of the Task Force;

 

     (2)  Adding the Alzheimer's Association, Hawaii Government Employee's Association Retiree Division, each county's office on aging, and any entity designated by the Joint Legislative Task Committee on Aging in Place that may be beneficial through their services to those who may become disoriented as members of the Task Force;

 

     (3)  Designating the response system to be statewide; and

 

     (4)  Amending its title to reflect the amended purpose.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Judiciary and Government Operations that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 82, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 82, S.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Judiciary and Government Operations,

 

____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair		____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair