STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2872

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2533

       H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 2533, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF AGGRAVATED CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE CHILD PROTECTIVE ACT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to ensure that the definition of "aggravated circumstances" in chapter 587A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is consistent with recent changes to the federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and the state plan under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act to include situations in which a parent:

 

     (1)  Has committed sexual abuse against another child of the parent; or

 

     (2)  Is required to register as a sex offender.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Human Services and Department of the Attorney General.

 

     Your Committee finds that the Administration for Children and Families has informed the State that recent changes to the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2010 need to be incorporated into chapter 587A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the Child Protective Act.  This measure will ensure that the State is in compliance with the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act so that the Department of Human Services can continue to receive federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act funding of approximately $140,000 and Hawaii can remain eligible for approximately $40,000,000 in annual federal Title IV-E funding.

 

     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 H.B. No. 2533, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Labor.

 

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

 

 

 

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair