A one-hour meeting of the SILC Advocacy Committee, held in person at Hub Coworking Hawaii in Honolulu and on Zoom. The committee will discuss its purpose and role, consider a response to a U.S. Senate Finance Committee request for information on long-term care, and hear from Che Silvert of the Developmental Disabilities Council of Hawaii about the 2027 Legislative Session. The documents are the agenda and a summary of the Senate request for information.
Meeting Documents
- Summary Senate Finance Committee Democrats’ Long Term Care RFI for Statewide Independent Living Council Advocacy Committee Meeting
A plain-language summary of the 81-page Request for Information that Senate Finance Committee Democratic staff released on October 16, 2026, titled Delivering An Affordable Home Care Guarantee for American Families. The RFI asks for public feedback on three areas: a universal home care benefit, nursing home quality, and the long-term care workforce. Options it asks about include making home and community-based services a mandatory Medicaid benefit in all 50 states, banning enrollment caps and waiting lists, and creating a single cross-disability program. Comments are due December 18, 2026. The summary notes that an RFI is not legislation and that the authors' partisan positions are reported as their views.
- 11.12.26 SILC Advocacy Committee Agenda for Statewide Independent Living Council Advocacy Committee Meeting
The agenda for the November 12, 2026 Advocacy Committee meeting, 1:00 to 2:00 PM, at 643 Ilalo St, Suite 1000, Honolulu, with Zoom and phone options. Items are call to order and roll call, public testimony, discussion of the committee's purpose and role, discussion and possible action on a response to Senator Wyden's long-term care RFI, a discussion with Che Silvert of the Developmental Disabilities Council of Hawaii on the 2027 Legislative Session, and member suggestions for future advocacy topics. It also explains how to request accommodations and submit oral or written testimony.
