GOVERNOR’S OFFICE MEDIA ADVISORY: Bill Signing Ceremonies
Posted on Jul 6, 2017 in Latest Department News, Newsroom, Office of the Governor Press ReleasesWHAT: Bill Signing Ceremonies for the following:
HB 607 Kupuna Caregivers Program: Authorizes the Executive Office on Aging to establish the Kupuna Caregivers Program to assist community members obtaining care for elders while remaining in the workforce.
HB 615 Healthy Aging Partnership Program: Appropriates funds for the Healthy Aging Partnership Program to further the program’s important role in improving the health and well-being of Hawai‘i’s kupuna.
HB 1396 Community Care Foster Homes for Medicaid: Authorizes the Department of Health, working with the Department of Human Services, to allow two private-pay individuals to be cared for in the same community care foster family home, after consideration of specified relevant factors.
SB 545 Festival of the Pacific Arts: Creates and appropriates money to a temporary commission on the thirteenth Festival of the Pacific Arts to plan for the historic event to be held in Honolulu from June 11 to June 27, 2020.
WHO:
- Governor David Ige
- Key Lawmakers
- Supporters of the bills
WHEN:
1:30 p.m. HB 607 Kupuna Caregivers Program**
2:00 p.m. HB 615 Healthy Aging Partnership Program
2:30 p.m. HB 1396 Community Care Foster Homes for Medicaid
3:00 p.m. SB 545 Festival of the Pacific Arts
WHERE: State Capitol, 5th floor, Governor’s Ceremonial Room
**This event will be streamed LIVE through Facebook Live at facebook.com/governordavidige
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Media Contacts:
Jodi Leong
Deputy Communications Director/Press Secretary
Office of the Governor
Office: 808-586-0043
Mobile: 808-798-3929
Cindy McMillan
Communications Director
Office of the Governor
Office: 808-586-0012
Mobile: 808-265-7974