STAND. COM. REP. NO. 334

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1115
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which
was referred H.B. No. 1115, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FOSTER BOARDING HOMES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to lessen the trauma of foster
placement by allowing foster boarding homes to care for more than
five children, in order to accommodate sibling groups.  This bill
also changes the requirement for criminal history checks for
foster boarding homes, so that after the first two years of
annual checks, the subsequent criminal history checks shall be
made biennially thereafter, in conjunction with the certification
schedule of the home. 

     Testimony in support of this bill was received from the
Department of Human Services (DHS), which included a suggested
technical amendment for purposes of clarifying that, after the
first two years of annual checks, the criminal history checks
made in conjunction with the certification schedule may be annual
or biennial, depending upon the certification status of the home.

     Your Committee concurs with the testimony offered by the
DHS, and has made some technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
purposes of clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and

 
 
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purpose of H.B. No. 1115, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and
recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance, in
the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1115, H.D. 2.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Consumer
                                   Protection and Commerce,



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                                   RON MENOR, Chair