STAND. COM. REP. NO. 911-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 2446
                                     S.D. 2
                                     H.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committees on Human Services and Housing and Health, to
which was referred S.B. No. 2446, S.D. 2, entitled: 

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

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for
programs and services for the protection of children and families
including:

     (1)  The Hawaii Children's Trust Fund;

     (2)  The Healthy Start program; and

     (3)  The two "neighborhood places" that currently exist;

     The Hawaii Community Foundation, the Hawaii Family Support
Center, the Hawaii Children's Trust Fund Advisory Committee, and
the Hawaii Children's Trust Fund Coalition provided testimony in
support of this measure. The Department of Health provided
testimony supporting the intent of this measure.  The Department
of Human Services (DHS) provided testimony supporting this
measure with reservations.

     After careful consideration, your Committees have amended
this measure by deleting its substance and inserting language

 
 
 
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reflected in H.B. No. 2166, H.D.1.  As amended, the purpose of
this bill is to appropriate funds:

     (1)  For medical/health case management services;

     (2)  To allow DHS to contract with a provider to:

               (a)  Increase the pool of foster homes and
                    adoptive homes; and

               (b)  Provide a standardized framework for the
                    training, preparation, and selection of
                    foster and adoptive parents;

     (3)  For foster parent training;

     (4)  To provide an increase in foster board payments for
          children with special needs;

     (5)  To broaden the scope of the Parent Line and Home Reach
          Services; and

     (6)  To provide treatment for children who are victims of
          intra-familial sexual abuse and for the children's
          families.

     Your Committees looked at funding in areas that lacked
resources, as specified by the Child Protection Legislative
Roundtable.  Your Committees also note that the provisions in
S.B. No. 2446, S.D.2 can be found in other vehicles in separate
bills.

     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. 2446, S.D. 2, as amended herein,
and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached
hereto as S.B. No. 2446, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the
Committee on Finance.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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                                   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