HI HB607

Authorizes the Executive Office on Aging to establish the Kupuna Caregivers Program to provide assistance to qualified caregivers (employees working at least 30 hours per week) caring for elderly relatives.

Provides up to $70 per day in funding to cover services such as adult day care, assisted transportation, chores, home-delivered meals, homemaker services, personal care, respite care, and transportation for care recipients.

Clarifies that the Kupuna Care Program shall be coordinated by the Executive Office on Aging and implemented through area agencies on aging, with two service delivery options: traditional service provider delivery or participant-directed services.

Establishes detailed eligibility requirements for care recipients, including U.S. citizenship or legal permanent residency, age 60 or older, and impairments in activities of daily living or instrumental activities of daily living.

Appropriates $600,000 in general revenues for fiscal year 2017-2018 to establish and implement the Kupuna Caregivers Program, effective July 1, 2017.