STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1129
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2013
RE: S.B. No. 1106
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2013
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 1106, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM CHILD CARE LICENSING,"
begs leave to report as follows:
More specifically, this measure:
(1) Clarifies that child care programs licensed or certified by the United States Department of Defense that are located on federal property are exempt from licensing by the Department of Human Services; and
(2) Exempts child care programs licensed by the Hawaii Council of Private Schools from licensing by the Department of Human Services, upon the provision of evidence that certain standards and monitoring requirements are met.
Testimony in opposition of this measure was submitted by the Hawaii Association for the Education of Young Children.
Your Committee finds that child care programs licensed or certified by the United States Department of Defense, whose standards exceed the standards of the Department of Human Services, make the requirement for additional licensing by the Department of Human Services for these programs unnecessary. This measure also permits exemption of child care programs licensed by the Hawaii Council of Private Schools from the licensing requirement by the Department of Human Services if the licensing standards of the Hawaii Council of Private Schools meet or exceed the licensing standards of the Department of Human Services for a comparable program. Accordingly, your Committee finds that this measure ensures that all child care programs in the State attain a certain standard and enables the Department of Human Services to more effectively utilize their resources.
Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 2, 2014.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1106, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Judiciary in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1106, S.D. 2, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,
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____________________________ ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair |
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