STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1158

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

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

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this administration measure is to clarify Act
302, Session Laws of Hawaii (SLH) 1996, relating to child
protective services.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Human Services (DHS), Office of Youth
Services, Blueprint for Change, Communities in Schools - Hawaii
Project of the Y.M.C.A., and Hawaii Government Employees
Association.  Informational testimony was provided by the Office
of Information Practices.

     This measure provides that:

     (1)  The child protective services reform coordinating
          committee:

          (A)  Consist of at least thirteen members to be
               appointed by the Director of Human Services; and

          (B)  Adopt rules in accordance with chapter 91, Hawaii
               Revised Statutes;


 
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     (2)  The DHS may share information with the neighborhood
          places, provided the information remain confidential;

     (3)  The child protective services reform coordinating
          committee shall submit an annual report on the pilot
          project to the legislature for the 2000, 2001, and 2002
          sessions; and

     (4)  The repeal date of Act 302 is extended from June 30,
          1999, to June 30, 2002.

     Act 302 established a three-year pilot project for child
protection and diversion services to be conducted as a
public-private partnership.  The child protective services reform
coordinating committee assists the DHS in implementing this
project.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Increasing the membership of the coordinating committee
          from at least thirteen to at least fifteen;

     (2)  Increasing from three to five the representatives at
          large, and adding two persons from the line staff of
          the child protective services unit that are to be
          selected by the designated representative of the
          applicable collective bargaining unit; and

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

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