STAND. COM. REP. NO. 800

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 175
                                        S.D. 2




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B.
No. 175, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE
     PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to make appropriations for the
protection of children and families.

     Specifically, this measure makes appropriations for:

     (1)  Department of Health child death review teams to hire
          personnel;

     (2)  Attorney General's family law division to hire
          personnel;

     (3)  Department of Human Services to prevent child abuse and
          neglect;

     (4)  Hawaii Children's Trust Fund;

     (5)  Healthy Start program for services for families "at
          risk";


 
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     (6)  Substance abuse and treatment services of the
          Department of Human Services for pregnant and parenting
          women and their families;

     (7)  Blueprint for Change program ("Neighborhood Place") of
          the Department of Human Services;

     (8)  Foster parent training; and

     (9)  Psychosocial support services programs ("The Parent
          Line" and "Home Reach") of the Department of Health.

     Your Committee finds that the appropriations contained in
this measure are necessary to prevent child abuse.  The various
programs focus on different aspects of a total matrix of
effective prevention with proven success.  Each program fits into
continuum of enforcement and prevention services that are
necessary to effectively address child abuse and neglect in
Hawaii.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this
bill to delete all appropriation amounts for the purpose of
promoting further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
175, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third
Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 175, S.D. 2.

                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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