STAND. COM. REP. NO.723

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 630

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 630, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INFORMATION ON THE NATURAL PARENTS OF THE ADOPTED MINOR CHILD,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of the bill is to:

(1) Require the completion of medical information forms and the consent to release medical information at dispositional hearings regarding parental rights; and

(2) Waive the requirement for court-ordered information forms if the completed forms are not returned to the Department of Human Services.

Your Committee received testimony in support of the measure from the Department of Human Services.

Your Committee finds that exempting the Department of Human Services from the requirement of securing a completed medical information disclosure form because of the lack of medical information on the natural parents, may expedite the adoption process to the benefit of the prospective adopted child.

 

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 H.B. No. 630, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair