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Your Committee finds that this measure reinstates a prior law that was inadvertently repealed two years ago, which exempted a person who cares for two or fewer unrelated children from child care licensing and registration laws.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 |
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