STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1031-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 2850
                                     S.D. 1
                                     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 Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred S.B. No. 2850, S.D. 1, 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 establish kinship care by
providing guidelines under which a person may become a kinship
provider.

     The Department of the Attorney General and the Department of
Human Services testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee finds that this measure will allow the
Department of Human Services to obtain criminal history records
of adult relatives who provide care to related children apart
from the children's parents or guardians.

     Your Committee amended this bill by:

     1.   Requiring the Department of Human Services to adopt
          rules relating to kinship care including, among other
          things, the legal rights and responsibilities of the
          affected parties; and

     2.   Leaving the effective date of this bill unspecified.


 
 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of S.B. No. 2850, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and
recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance, in
the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2850, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary &
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair