STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2807

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 2273
                                        H.D. 2




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health and Human Services, to which was
referred H.B. No. 2273, H.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII CHILDREN'S TRUST
     FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to make an appropriation to
the Hawaii Children's Trust Fund (Fund).

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Healthy Babies Healthy Mothers, Hawaii Community
Foundation, Hawaii Children's Trust Fund Coalition, Keiki Injury
Prevention Coalition, Kapiolani Health, Hawaii Children's Trust
Fund Advisory Committee, Adult Friends for Youth, and two private
individuals.  Testimony in opposition was received from the
Department of Health and the Department of Budget and Finance.

     The Fund is established by statute in chapter 350B, Hawaii
Revised Statutes.  The purpose of the Fund is to make
expenditures to private agencies to prevent child abuse and
neglect.  The Fund is administered by the Hawaii Community
Foundation and serves as a medium for a public-private
partnership for family strengthening and to prevent child abuse
and neglect.  

     Your Committee finds that the Fund fulfills a pressing need
by ameliorating poor conditions for Hawaii's most vulnerable

 
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population in identifying and funding programs that have
effective outcomes.  

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Health and Human Services that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 2273, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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



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                                   SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 
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