STAND. COM. REP. 2745

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2931

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2931 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 measure is to protect individuals receiving home- and community-based services.

Specifically, this bill requires the Department of Human Services to establish standards, that shall include criminal history record and adult and child protective services record checks, to ensure the reputable and responsible character of service providers who have direct contact with individuals receiving home- and community-based services, that are provided through the Department of Human Services' Adult and Community Care Services Branch.

The bill further appropriates $50,000 for fiscal year 2004-2005 out of the State Criminal History Record Improvement Revolving Fund, to be expended by the Department of the Attorney General, and $35,449 for fiscal year 2004-2005 from general funds, to be expended by the Department of Human Services, for the record checks.

Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Deleting the amounts of the appropriations and leaving blank amounts for the purpose of promoting further discussion; and

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030 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. 2931, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2931, S.D. 1.

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

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair