STAND. COM. REP. NO.  955-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2763

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2763 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS TASK FORCE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to identify and develop programs and support services for children of incarcerated parents, as well as programs to strengthen the bond between the families by directing the Department of Public Safety (DPS) and the Department of Human Services (DHS) to re-establish the Children of Incarcerated Parents Task Force (Task Force).

 

     The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Community Alliance on Prisons, Hawaii Youth Services Network, and a concerned individual supported this bill.  DHS, the Office of Youth Services, and DPS submitted comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

(1)  Extending the life of the Task Force to December 31, 2011;

 

(2)  Replacing the appropriation of $25,000 with an unspecified amount;

 

(3)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

 

(4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, 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. 2763, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2763, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair