HI SCR149

Requests the Executive Office on Aging and University of Hawaii Center on Aging to convene a working group by July 1, 2018 to review in-home care services in Hawaii and submit recommendations to the Legislature by twenty days before the 2019 Regular Session.

Working group must examine home care workforce demographics, wages, benefits, training/certification levels, worker retention rates, family access to care, and projected workforce shortages over the next ten years.

Working group must evaluate the relationship between caregiver compensation, training standards, and quality of care provided, including analysis of experiences in other states.

Working group must include representatives from the Executive Office on Aging, UH Center on Aging, Governor's office, Legislature, Department of Health, Department of Human Services, for-profit and non-profit home care providers, home care worker advocacy groups, and other departments.

Urges the Department of Health to adopt administrative rules to protect consumers receiving home care agency services prior to October 1, 2018 and report to the Legislature on the rules adopted.