Gov. Ben Cayetano is expected to sign two bills on long-term care tomorrow. One establishes the Hawaii long-term care financing program and the other would convene a summit on long-term care issues. Cayetano expected to sign
2 long-term care billsThe bill establishes a benefits
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The governor is also expected to sign measures relating to the tobacco tax, employment security, birth defects and government functions.
Cayetano said the long-term care financing program "will provide a universal and affordable system of providing for long-term care for Hawaii's residents."
It sets up a Long-Term Care Benefits Fund in the state treasury for deposits of long-term care taxes and payments of benefits and administrative costs.
The bill creates an unpaid board of trustees with five regular and one ex officio, nonvoting member appointed by the governor to serve staggered six-year terms.
The other long-term care bill requires the Executive Office on Aging to convene a long-term care summit to identify types and quality of long-term care services, a service delivery system and policies to ensure development of a comprehensive and affordable long-term care system for Hawaii.
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