STAND. COM. REP. NO.2496

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: S.B. No. 2754

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2754 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purposes of this measure are to:

(1) Exempt from child care licensing and registration statutes and rules persons who care for two or fewer children unrelated to the caregiver by blood, marriage, or adoption;

(2) Authorize the Department of Human Services (DHS) to investigate possible violations of the child care law; and

(3) Allow the DHS to obtain an inspection warrant from District Court.

Your Committee finds that this measure reinstates a prior law that was inadvertently repealed two years ago, which exempted a person who cares for two or fewer unrelated children from child care licensing and registration laws. By reinserting this exemption, the DHS will be able to focus its licensing and registration efforts on the larger childcare operations.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2754 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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BRIAN KANNO, Chair