STAND. COM. REP. NO.1389

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: S.B. No. 1110

S.D. 2

H.D. 3

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1110, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILD CARE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to ensure the safety of children in child care settings by:

(1) Requiring child abuse record checks for licensed child-care providers;

(2) Requiring criminal history and child abuse record checks for license-exempt providers who may be eligible to receive a child-care subsidy from the Department of Human Services (DHS); and

(3) Increasing penalties for violation of chapter 346, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

The Attorney General, and the Honolulu Police Department submitted testimony in support of the measure. DHS supported this measure with a suggested amendment. A private citizen submitted comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Limiting checks of certain relatives only to criminal history name checks, and not fingerprinting; and

(2) 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 S.B. No. 1110, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1110, S.D. 2, H.D. 3.

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

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair