Title 20, Social Services

PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS §349-1 Declaration of purpose; support; duties. (a) The legislature hereby declares that, in keeping with the traditional American concept of the inherent dignity of the individual in our democratic society, the older people of our State are entitled to…

§349-10 Annual senior citizen's fair. Each county may hold an annual senior citizen's fair in its respective county. The county shall be responsible for the planning, organizing, and coordinating of the fair in every respect. The state policy advisory board for elder affairs may …

[§349-11] State policy for senior centers. The executive office on aging shall be responsible for establishing state policy for senior centers. Such policy shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

[§349-14.1] The Hawaii state health insurance assistance program; annual report. The executive office on aging shall submit to the legislature a progress report on the Hawaii state health insurance assistance program no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regula…

PART II. KUPUNA CARE AND CAREGIVER SUPPORT SERVICES [§349-15 Coordination and development of caregiver support services.] The executive office on aging shall coordinate a statewide system of caregiver support services by, among other things:

§349-16 Definitions. Unless the context clearly requires a different meaning, when used in this part: "Activities of daily living" means the following activities that individuals perform as a part of daily living: eating, dressing, bathing, toileting, transferring in and out of a…

§349-17 Kupuna care program. (a) The executive office on aging may establish the kupuna care program. The program shall provide an array of long-term services and supports to address the needs of Hawaii's older adults to age in place and avoid institutionalization and to provide …

§349-2 Executive office on aging; appointments. (a) There is established within the department of health, for administrative purposes only, an executive office on aging. (b) The head of this office shall be known as the director of the executive office on aging, hereinafter refer…

[PART III.] OFFICE OF THE LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN [§349-21] Office of the long-term care ombudsman. (a) There is established the office of the long-term care ombudsman in the executive office on aging to protect the health, safety, welfare, and rights of residents of long-term c…

[§349-22] Access to long-term care facilities. (a) A long-term care facility shall permit immediate access to the long-term facility and to the residents of the long-term care facility to the long-term care ombudsman or designee at any time deemed necessary and reasonable by the …

[§349-23] Retaliatory acts by facilities or facility employees prohibited. (a) No resident of a long-term care facility seeking advocacy assistance as provided for in section [349-21] or making a complaint concerning a long-term care facility or any of its employees shall be subj…

[§349-24] Wilful interference; prohibited. Any individual, including any long-term care facility or long-term care facility employee, who wilfully interferes with or impedes the long-term care ombudsman or designee in the performance of the long-term care ombudsman's or designee'…

[§349-25] Posting and distribution of information. (a) The long-term care ombudsman shall provide each long-term care facility with brochures and a poster with information regarding the office of the long-term care ombudsman, including the name, address, and telephone number of t…

§349-3 General functions, duties, and powers of the director. The director shall have the following principal functions, duties, and powers:

§349-3.2 Alzheimer's disease and related dementia services coordinator. There is established within the executive office on aging an Alzheimer's disease and related dementia services coordinator to coordinate the provision of public and private Alzheimer's disease and related dem…

[PART IV.] AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTERS PROGRAM [§349-31] Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: "Aging and disability resource centers" means an entity established by the State as part of the state system of long-term care serving as a…

[§349-32] Aging and disability resource centers; established. (a) A statewide aging and disability resource center may be established with sites in each county to streamline access to long-term supports and services by integrating the full range of long-term supports and services…

§349-4 Policy advisory board for elder affairs; lifetime honorary kupuna. (a) There shall be a policy advisory board for elder affairs, appointed by the governor under section 26-34. The board shall advise the director in but not limited to the following areas: The board shall co…

[PART V.] COGNITIVE ASSESSMENTS FOR MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES [§349-41] Definitions. For the purposes of this part: "Annual wellness visit" means a preventive service visit covered by medicare part B between a medicare beneficiary and a primary care provider that occurs once every t…

[§349-42] Cognitive assessments for qualified patients. (a) The cognitive assessment provided to qualified patients at an annual wellness visit shall be conducted using standardized, validated assessment tools. (b) A qualified patient may decline the use of a standardized, valida…

[§349-43] Exemptions. This part shall not apply to:

§349-5 Administrative and program support for the executive office on aging. (a) The provision of administrative and program support for the executive office on aging shall be accomplished by the creation of two principal organizational divisions in the executive office on aging.…

§349-5.5 Executive office on aging administrative claiming special fund. (a) There is established in the state treasury the executive office on aging administrative claiming special fund into which shall be deposited: (b) The executive office on aging administrative claiming spec…

§349-6 State master plan for elders. The executive office on aging shall be responsible for the continued development, implementation, and continuous updating of a comprehensive master plan for elders which shall include, but not be limited to, the following: The state master pla…

[§349-6.5] Alzheimer's disease and related dementias state plan. (a) The executive office on aging shall prepare an update of the state plan on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias no less frequently than once per fiscal biennium. The executive office on aging shall include …

§349-7 Recognition as responsible state agency. The executive office on aging shall be the single state agency responsible for programs affecting senior citizens of this State; provided that those programs affecting senior citizens now operated by other departments or agencies sh…

§349-8 Powers of other departments and agencies; cooperation with the executive office on aging. It shall be the duty and responsibility of every state department and county agency providing programs and services to the aging, in actively working toward the goals and objectives a…

§349-9 County functions. Each county may establish a county office on aging and a county council on aging pursuant to the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended. [L 1976, c 217, pt of §2; am L 1979, c 136, §1(2)]