STAND. COM. REP. NO.  537-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2340

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 2340 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS CHECKS UNDER THE CHILD PROTECTIVE ACT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to ensure the safety of children by authorizing the Department of Human Services to conduct with or without consent and upon receiving a report that a child is subject to imminent harm, has been harmed, or is subject to threatened harm, a criminal history record check of the alleged perpetrator and all adults living in the family home.

 

     The Department of Human Services, Kapiolani Child Protection Center, and an individual testified in support of this measure.  Two individuals opposed this measure.

 

     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. 2340 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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DEE MORIKAWA, Chair