STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1350_______

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1048
                                     S.D. 2
                                     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 Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which
was referred S.B. No. 1048, S.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FOSTER BOARDING HOMES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to amend the law relating to
foster homes by:

     (1)  Aligning the frequency of the Department of Human (DHS)
          services' criminal history checks of foster home
          operators and employees, with DHS' foster home
          certification schedule, by changing the requirement
          that these checks be conducted annually, to annually
          for the first two years and then annually or biennially
          thereafter depending on the certification status of the
          home; and

     (2)  Reducing the trauma to certain groups of children
          removed from their homes and placed in foster homes, by
          amending the definition of "foster boarding home," that
          is presently limited to homes for fewer than six
          children, to include sibling groups of six or more
          children.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from DHS.


 
 
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     To encourage further discussion of this bill, your Committee
has amended this bill by deleting its contents and substituting
the language of H.B. No. 1115, H.D. 1, a similar measure heard
earlier in this session by your Committee, containing technical,
nonsubstantive differences.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of S.B. No. 1048, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and
recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance, in
the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1048, S.D. 2, H.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Consumer
                                   Protection and Commerce,



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                                   RON MENOR, Chair