STAND. COM. REP. NO. 837________

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1367
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
1367, H.D. 1, entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide a continuum of
services for the prevention of child abuse.  Specifically, this
bill appropriates funds:

     (1)  To establish one and one-half permanent positions with
          the Department of Health to ensure continuous
          implementation of the Child Death Review Teams;

     (2)  To establish three permanent deputy attorney general
          positions for the Family Law Division to carry out the
          purposes of Chapter 587, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS);

     (3)  To establish a medical/health case management system;

     (4)  For hospital-based risk screening services for families
          identified as "at-risk";

     (5)  To provide substance abuse treatment services for
          pregnant women, mothers, and their families involved in
          the child protective services system;


 
 
 
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     (6)  To establish additional facilities to deliver diversion
          and child protection services to targeted families;

     (7)  For foster parent training; and

     (8)  To broaden the scope of psychosocial support services
          available to families.

     The Hawaii Family Support Center, the American Academy of
Pediatrics, Blueprint for Change, and the Communities in Schools
Hawaii Project of the YMCA testified in support of this measure.
The Departments of the Attorney General, Health, and Human
Services testified in support of the intent of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Deleting provisions in Parts III and IV that may be
          improperly used against the State as an admission of
          liability in a lawsuit alleging that a child was hurt
          because the State provided inadequate staff or services
          to carry out the duties related to Chapter 587, HRS;

     (2)  Changing the amount of appropriations in sections 15
          and 16 to $2 and $7 respectively for purposes of
          further discussion; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
          purposes of clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
1367, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1367, H.D.
2.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair