STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1209_______

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1051
                                     S.D. 2




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services and Housing, to which was
referred S.B. No. 1051, S.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DISCLOSURE OF DEPARTMENT OF
     HUMAN SERVICES' RECORDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow the Department of Human
Services to adopt rules and to reflect changes regarding child
abuse and neglect records as they are made in federal statutes
and regulations.

     The Department of Human Services (DHS) testified in support
of the bill.

     Your Committee finds that DHS needs the flexibility to adopt
rules that will keep Hawaii current with federal statutes and
regulations.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Human Services and Housing that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 1051, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and
Hawaiian Affairs.


 
 
 
 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Human Services
                                   and Housing,



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                                   DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair