Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health and Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 2432 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to remove the authority of the Office of Child Support Hearings (OCSH) to issue administrative orders for the direct payment of child support.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Attorney General.

Your Committee finds that this measure is essential to ensure that OCSH continues to receive its share of federal funding. The receipt of these federal funds is conditioned upon the OCSH performing only those functions that are federally approved under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act.

Because the issuance of administrative orders for the direct payment of child support is not a federally approved function, this measure clarifies that OCSH does not have the authority to issue orders for direct payments, and hence protects its federal moneys.

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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2432, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.