STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1442

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 1367
                                        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 Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B.
No. 1367, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION
     OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to make appropriations of
unspecified sums for each of the following programs, services, or
personnel for each of the next two fiscal years:

     (1)  To the Department of Health for implementation of child
          death review teams;

     (2)  To the Attorney General for positions for deputy
          attorneys general for the family law division to handle
          child abuse cases;

     (3)  For the medical/health case management system:

          (A)  To the Department of Human Services for one half-
               time equivalent permanent physician position for
               consultation and forensic review of cases to
               prevent child abuse;


 
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          (B)  To the Department of Health to fill eleven vacant
               public health nursing positions;

     (4)  To the Department of Health for the Hawaii Children's
          Trust Fund;

     (5)  To the Department of Health for the Healthy Start
          program for services for families identified as "at-
          risk";

     (6)  To the Department of Health and the Department of Human
          Services for substance abuse treatment services for
          pregnant and parenting women and their families;

     (7)  To the Department of Human Services for staffing and
          services for the neighborhood places program (Blueprint
          for Change);

     (8)  To the Department of Human Services for training of
          foster parents and to increase foster board payments
          for children with special needs; and

     (9)  To the Department of Health for psychosocial support
          services to increase the capacity of parent line and
          home reach services.

     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 H.B. No.
1367, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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