STAND. COM. REP. NO.1087

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: S.B. No. 1126

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1126, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of the bill is to:

(1) Make permanent the authority of the Department of Health (DOH) to obtain criminal history record information on individuals seeking employment with the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division (CAMHD), its providers, or subcontractors who have direct contact with clients; and

(2) Appropriate funds out of the State Criminal History Record Improvement Revolving Fund to support these efforts.

The Department of the Attorney General and DOH testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee finds that CAMHD provides an array of services for a vulnerable population of youth. This measure would allow DOH to continue to determine a person's suitability for providing direct, unsupervised, mental health services.

 

 

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1126, S.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs,

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ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair