STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1816

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1441

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 1441, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CERTIFICATION OF CHILD PLACING ORGANIZATIONS, CHILD CARING INSTITUTIONS, FOSTER BOARDING HOMES, AND ADOPTIVE HOMES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure the safety of children in various types of child care settings by requiring child abuse and neglect registry checks of:

 

(1)  Prospective adoptive parents and all adults residing in  prospective adoptive homes;

 

(2)  Any organization, institution, or foster boarding home, including all adults residing in the foster boarding home, as a condition for a certificate of approval; and

 

(3)  All operators and employees of child care institutions and child placing organizations.

 

     This bill also requires criminal history record checks of all adults residing in foster and adoptive homes.

 

     The Department of Human Services supported this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1441, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1441, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair