STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1456-00

                                 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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No.
2850, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to enable children to remain
safely and permanently with their relatives when the children
cannot return to their homes by establishing kinship care.

     Specifically, this bill:

     (1)  Requires the Department of Human Services (DHS) to
          adopt rules relating to kinship care;

     (2)  Defines "kinship care" as the placement with an adult
          relative who provides care and maintenance to a related
          child apart from the child's parents or guardians on a
          24-hour basis; and

     (3)  Requires DHS to obtain local criminal history record
          information on adult relatives who provide care and
          maintenance to a related child apart from the child's
          parents or guardians.

     DHS, the Department of the Attorney General, and an
individual testified in support of this measure.


 
 
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     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 S.B. No.
2850, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair