STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1211_______

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 175
                                     S.D. 3
                                     H.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committees on Human Services and Housing and Health, to
which was referred S.B. No. 175, S.D. 3, entitled: 

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

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to protect children and families
by appropriating funds for various programs and services to
prevent child abuse and maintain the integrity of the family
unit.

     Child and Family Service, Blueprint for Change, and the
Hawaii Family Support Center testified in support of this
measure.  The Department of Human Services testified in support
of this measure as long as it does not replace the priorities as
established in the Executive Budget.  The Department of Health
testified in support of the intent of this measure.  The
Judiciary and the Department of the Attorney General submitted
comments.

     Your Committees find that this measure ensures a continuum
of services to protect children and families from harmful health,
social, and educational outcomes by preventing:

     (1)  Child abuse before it occurs; and


 
 
 
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     (2)  The costly consequences of not developing a child's
          cognitive, social, emotional, and developmental needs.

     However, your Committees find that, as written, a number of
provisions amend Hawaii Revised Statute.  Therefore, your
Committees have amended this measure by:

     (1)  Deleting sections 38 through 49 because these
          provisions fall outside of the scope of the title;

     (2)  Amending the purpose and findings section to accurately
          reflect how making appropriations for child abuse and
          early childhood education and care services fall within
          the scope of the bill's title; and

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

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Human Services and Housing and Health that are
attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the
intent and purpose of S.B. No. 175, S.D. 3, as amended herein,
and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached
hereto as S.B. No. 175, S.D. 3, H.D. 1, and be referred to the
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.

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

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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ALEXANDER C. SANTIAGO, Chair       DENNIS ARAKAKI, Chair