STAND. COM. REP. NO. 891-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2931

S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Human Services and Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 2931, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR PROVIDERS OF HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to further protect individuals receiving home- and community-based care by:

(1) Authorizing the Department of Human Services (DHS) to require certain background and criminal history record checks on service providers of various home- and community-based services; and

(2) Appropriating funds to conduct background and criminal history record checks.

DHS, Kokua Council, Policy Advisory Board for Elderly Affairs, and Hawaii Alliance for Retired Americans testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee finds that this bill will protect children and the frail and vulnerable elderly by screening for predatory, criminal, and other undesirable caregivers.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2931, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

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

 

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MICHAEL PUAMAMO KAHIKINA, Chair