STAND. COM. REP. NO.906
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: S.B. No. 1110
S.D. 2
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 Human Services and Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 1110, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILD CARE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to ensure the reputable and responsible character of an applicant to operate a child care facility by:
(1) Mandating child abuse checks as a requirement for licensed child care providers and staff; and
(2) Requiring the Department of Human Services (DHS) to disclose verified criminal history and child abuse information on employees to their employers.
DHS, the Honolulu Police Department, and the Department of the Attorney General testified in support of this bill.
Your Committee notes that under current law, criminal history checks are required for persons working within licensed child care facilities, and child abuse record checks are required by Administrative Rule for persons working within licensed child care facilities. This bill strengthens the child abuse record check requirements by providing statutory authority for the checks thereby ensuring the health and safety of children in these settings.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Deleting the section raising the ceiling of the Criminal History Record Improvement Revolving Fund;
(2) Appropriating $53,000 from the Criminal History Record Improvement Revolving Fund to facilitate processing of national record checks through the Federal Bureau of Investigation, effective July 1, 2001;
(3) Changing the effective date to take effect upon approval; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity and consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1110, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1110, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services and Housing,
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____________________________ MICHAEL P. KAHIKINA, Chair |
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