STAND. COM. REP. NO. 836-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2509
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
2509, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO KINSHIP CARE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow the Department of Human
Services (DHS) to regulate kinship care services.

     DHS testified in support of this measure.  The Department of
the Attorney General supported the intent of this bill but had
operational concerns with this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Requiring rather than allowing DHS to adopt rules
          relating to kinship care; and

     (2)  Allowing the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center to
          assess fees for criminal history record checks from
          persons other than those desiring to provide kinship
          care.

     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.
2509, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2509, H.D.
2.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair