STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1105

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 1115
                                        H.D. 2
                                        S.D. 1



Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health and Human Services, to which was
referred H.B. No. 1115, H.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FOSTER BOARDING HOMES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this administration measure is to clarify the
definition of criminal history record check by the Department of
Human Services (DHS), and to clarify the definition of foster
boarding home.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the DHS and a private citizen.

     This measure is intended to fill two gaps in the current law
relating to foster boarding home regulations.  First, this
measure requires name inquiries for criminal history record
checks be made annually for the first two years of certification,
and annually or biennially thereafter, in conjunction with
certification.  Second, this measure allows foster boarding homes
to have six or more minor siblings if they are placed together in
the best interests of the children. 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Deleting reference to the best interests of the child
          in the new language of the definition of "foster
          boarding home";


 
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     (2)  Requiring the DHS to make a name inquiry into the
          criminal history records in the first two years of
          certification, as an amendment to section 346-19.6,
          Hawaii Revised Statutes, rather than amending the
          definition of "criminal history record check"; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
          purposes of clarity and to reflect preferred drafting
          style, including reformatting and renumbering of
          sections. 

     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. 1115, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B.
No. 1115, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on
Judiciary.

                                   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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