STAND. COM. REP. NO. 152

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 1210

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 1210 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FAMILY CHILD CARE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to repeal the June 30, 2005, sunset date of the family child care home law.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Good Beginnings Alliance, Hawaii Council of Associations of Apartment Owners, PATCH, and thirteen individuals.

Your Committee finds that parents of young children are increasingly reliant on child care to enable them to go to work in order to support their families. Parents often use family child care because they can often find these services close to home, and they can be less expensive and more flexible. Thus, your Committee believes that the family child care home law should not be repealed.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1210 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.

 

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

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair