STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3094

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.R. No. 97
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health and Human Services, to which was
referred S.R. No. 97 entitled:

     "SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
     AND YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS TO ACCESS THE WEBSITE OF THE HAWAII
     CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA CENTER TO OBTAIN SEX OFFENDER
     INFORMATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of
Education and all youth organizations to access the upcoming
website of the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center to obtain
relevant information that is necessary to protect the public on
sex offender registration information.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Attorney General, Department of Education, Sex Abuse
Treatment Center, and three private individuals.

     The new website will make access to information quick and
easy, which has been the greatest deterrent to accessing the
information.  Convenient access could result in not hiring the
wrong person, which could result in preventing a tragedy and in
potential savings on litigation and damage awards.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by clarifying that
the access is to public sex offender registration information.


 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Health and Human Services that is attached to this
report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of
S.R. No. 97, as amended herein, and recommends that it be
referred to the Committee on Education and Technology, in the
form attached hereto as S.R. No. 97, S.D. 1.

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



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                                   SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 
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