STAND. COM. REP. NO.  930

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 457

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 457, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INCARCERATED PARENTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to support the expansion of parent-child interaction programs at state correctional facilities by appropriating funds to:

 

(1)  Expand parent-child interaction programs such as the Supporting Keiki of Incarcerated Parents (SKIP) Program to state correctional facilities statewide;

 

(2)  Collect demographic data on the children of incarcerated parents; and

 

(3)  Conduct an independent review of parent-child interaction programs.

 

     The Kauai Intake Service Center of the Department of Public Safety, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, SKIP Partnership, Community Alliance on Prisons, Child and Family Service, Keiki O Ka Aina Family Learning Centers, Hawaii Youth Services Network, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Public Safety supported the intent of this measure.


     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

    

(1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

 

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.  

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 457, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 457, H.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair