STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1964

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.C.R. No. 77
                                     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 Human Services and Housing, to which was
referred S.C.R. No. 77 entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE CHILD
     PROTECTIVE SERVICES ROUNDTABLE TO FORM A TASK FORCE TO
     EXAMINE AND DISCUSS SELECTED ISSUES RELATING TO CHILD
     ABUSE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the
Child Protective Services Roundtable to form a task force to
continue discussion on a variety of child protective issues.

     The Department of Human Services and the Department of the
Prosecuting Attorney for the City and County of Honolulu
testified in support of the measure.

     Your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by:

     (1)  Changing all references to "Child Protective Services
          Roundtable" to "Child Protection Legislative
          Roundtable" (CPL Roundtable) to accurately reflect the
          Roundtable's name;

     (2)  Amending the title so that it reads: "REQUESTING THE
          CHILD PROTECTION LEGISLATIVE ROUNDTABLE AND THE
          APPLESEED PUBIC INTEREST LAW FOUNDATION TO EXAMINE AND
          DISCUSS SELECTED ISSUES RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE";


 
 
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     (3)  Inserting language referencing the Appleseed Public
          Interest Law Foundation's assistance in reviewing,
          analyzing, and making recommendations for statutory
          revisions relating to child protection laws;

     (4)  Requesting the CPL Roundtable to also:

          (a)  Examine the issue of recruitment and retainment of
               social workers in the Child Protective Services
               System, Department of Human Services; and

          (b)  Receive and review the findings and
               recommendations of the comprehensive assessment of
               state child protection statutes performed by the
               Appleseed Public Interest Law Foundation;

          and

     (5)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
          purposes of style and clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committees on Human Services and Housing that is attached to this
report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of
S.C.R. No. 77, as amended herein, and recommends that it be
referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto
as S.C.R. No. 77, H.D. 1.

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



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                                   DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair