STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2428

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2849
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health and Human Services, to which was
referred S.B. No. 2849 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REVIEW HEARINGS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to clarify when the time
period begins to run for the Department of Human Services (DHS)
to file a motion to set a child abuse case for a permanent plan
hearing for children who reside outside of the family home.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the DHS.

     This measure specifies that if the child has been residing
outside of the family home for an aggregate of fifteen out of the
most recent twenty-two months from the initial date of entry into
out-of-home care, the DHS shall file a motion to set the matter
for a permanent plan hearing.  The intent of this measure is to
facilitate the permanent placement of the child by specifying
when the time period begins to run.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Health and Human Services that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 2849 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and
be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.


 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Health and Human
                                   Services,



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                                   SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 
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