STAND. COM. REP. NO. 764

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1119
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
1119 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to implement the Blueprint for
Change (Blueprint) recommendations by:

     (1)  Permitting the Director of Human Services (Director),
          rather than the Governor, to appoint members to the
          Blueprint coordinating committee;

     (2)  Permitting the Director to enlarge the coordinating
          committee;

     (3)  Allowing the Department of Human Services (DHS) to
          share information with the Neighborhood Places,
          provided that shared information remains confidential;
          and

     (4)  Extending the Act that created Blueprint to June 30,
          2002.

     Blueprint, DHS, and the Office of Youth Services submitted
testimony in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical,
nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.

 
 
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     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.
1119, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1119, H.D. 1.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair