Hawaii 2022 2022 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SR146 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/11/2022

                    THE SENATE   S.R. NO.   146     THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022         STATE OF HAWAII                              SENATE RESOLUTION     requesting the department of business, ECONOMIC development, and tourism; executive office of aging; and county of hawaii office of aging to conduct a study on the necessity and feasibility of a senior living center in the kaŪ district.     

THE SENATE S.R. NO. 146
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022
STATE OF HAWAII

THE SENATE

S.R. NO.

146

THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE RESOLUTION

 

 

requesting the department of business, ECONOMIC development, and tourism; executive office of aging; and county of hawaii office of aging to conduct a study on the necessity and feasibility of a senior living center in the kaŪ district.

 

 

      WHEREAS, Hawaii's aging population is projected to continue 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, for purposes of this study, data from the 2020 Decennial Census provides the most recent and accurate information; and        WHEREAS, according to the American Community Survey 2019 five-year estimates, the district of Kaū supports a population of 9,885 individuals, of which 2,519 or 25.5 percent were sixty years of age or older; and        WHEREAS, seventeen percent of Kaū's elderly population live below the poverty level; and        WHEREAS, the County of Hawaii Office of Aging is responsible for assessing the needs of the county's older adult population and determining the kinds and amounts of services required to meet those needs; and        WHEREAS, the County of Hawaii Office of Aging serves approximately two hundred forty-eight individuals, or twenty-five percent of the elderly population in Kaū through its home and community-based service programs, which aim to assist elderly adults in remaining active and independent; and        WHEREAS, the Executive Office on Aging, as well as the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, are well-positioned to coordinate with the County of Hawaii Office of Aging to conduct a comprehensive study to identify the need for improved services for the elderly population residing in the Kaū district, Hawaii island; now, therefore,        BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2022, that the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and the Executive Office on Aging, in coordination and cooperation with the County of Hawaii Office of Aging, is requested to conduct a study regarding the necessity and feasibility of a senior living center to support the population of the Kaū district and submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Legislature and the County of Hawaii Office of the Mayor no later than January 1, 2023; and        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Mayor of the County of Hawaii; Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Director of the Executive Office on Aging; and Administrator of the County of Hawaii Office of Aging.              OFFERED BY:   _____________________________              Report Title:   Kau Senior Living Center; County of Hawaii; Office of Aging 

     WHEREAS, Hawaii's aging population is projected to continue 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, for purposes of this study, data from the 2020 Decennial Census provides the most recent and accurate information; and

 

     WHEREAS, according to the American Community Survey 2019 five-year estimates, the district of Kaū supports a population of 9,885 individuals, of which 2,519 or 25.5 percent were sixty years of age or older; and

 

     WHEREAS, seventeen percent of Kaū's elderly population live below the poverty level; and

 

     WHEREAS, the County of Hawaii Office of Aging is responsible for assessing the needs of the county's older adult population and determining the kinds and amounts of services required to meet those needs; and

 

     WHEREAS, the County of Hawaii Office of Aging serves approximately two hundred forty-eight individuals, or twenty-five percent of the elderly population in Kaū through its home and community-based service programs, which aim to assist elderly adults in remaining active and independent; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Executive Office on Aging, as well as the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, are well-positioned to coordinate with the County of Hawaii Office of Aging to conduct a comprehensive study to identify the need for improved services for the elderly population residing in the Kaū district, Hawaii island; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2022, that the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and the Executive Office on Aging, in coordination and cooperation with the County of Hawaii Office of Aging, is requested to conduct a study regarding the necessity and feasibility of a senior living center to support the population of the Kaū district and submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Legislature and the County of Hawaii Office of the Mayor no later than January 1, 2023; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Mayor of the County of Hawaii; Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Director of the Executive Office on Aging; and Administrator of the County of Hawaii Office of Aging.

 

 

 

 OFFERED BY: _____________________________

 

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title:  

Kau Senior Living Center; County of Hawaii; Office of Aging