STAND

STAND. COM. REP. 1140

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 1351

H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 1351 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR ADULT SERVICES PROGRAMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill, as received, is to require the Department of Human Services (DHS) to establish standards, which shall include criminal history record and adult and child protective service records checks, to ensure the reputable and responsible character of service providers who have direct contact with individuals receiving services through the Adult Services Programs.

DHS testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Deleting its contents and replacing it with language from H.B. No. 925, H.D. 3, proposing a new section for chapter 346, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

(2) Adding the foster grandparent program volunteers to the list of positions for which criminal history records checks and child abuse perpetrator checks can be conducted;

(3) Adding children as part of the group of protected persons who receive services from certain providers and employees in DHS;

(4) Adding child abuse perpetrator record checks to the types of background checks that may be conducted by DHS on certain providers and employees who have direct contact with children;

(5) Providing an appropriation of $50,000 for fiscal year 2003-2004; and

(6) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for style and clarity.

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. 1351, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1351, H.D. 1.

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

		____________________________ ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair