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HI HR84

Resolution

Status

Introduced

3/8/2019

Primary Sponsor

Joy San Buenaventura

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Origin

House of Representatives

2019 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Urges the Executive Office on Aging to work with the University of Hawaii Center on Aging to establish an Active Aging Initiative and Active Aging Advisory Committee.

  • Calls for a paradigm shift in state aging policy to treat aging as an asset rather than a pathology, supporting functionally able elders as community resources.

  • Responds to Hawaii's aging population, which comprises approximately 17 percent of residents aged 65 and older and grew by 25 percent between 2010 and 2016.

  • Requires the Executive Office on Aging to submit a status report on the Initiative and Advisory Committee establishment to the Legislature no later than 20 days before the 2020 Regular Session.

  • Directs certified copies of the resolution to be transmitted to the Director of Health and Director of the University of Hawaii Center on Aging.

Legislative Description

Urging The Executive Office On Aging To Work With The University Of Hawaii Center On Aging To Establish An Active Aging Initiative And Active Aging Advisory Committee.

EOA

Last Action

The committee(s) on HSH recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.

3/22/2019

Committee Referrals

Human Services & Homelessness3/14/2019

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