STAND. COM. REP. NO.402
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: S.B. No. 864
S.D. 1
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Human Services and Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 864 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILD WELFARE SERVICES,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to convert thirty-nine exempt positions within the Child Welfare Services Branch, under the Department of Human Services' Social Services Division, from temporary to permanent status.
Testimony in support of the intent of this measure was submitted by the Department of Human Services and the Department of Human Resources Development.
Your Committees find that one of the keys to an effective civil service system is open, competitive recruitment of new hires, thus ensuring the widest pool for selection of those who will obtain permanent status as civil service employees. The Department of Human Resources Development expressed concerns about the conversion procedure as proposed, stressing the need to afford individuals who are not currently in the positions the opportunity to apply through the civil service system.
Accordingly, your Committees have amended this measure, as recommended by the Department of Human Resources Development, to provide that only those temporary employees who have been satisfactorily fulfilling the responsibilities of the position for six months or more, and who satisfy the minimum qualifications of the position, may be given an initial probationary appointment without the necessity of an examination.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Labor that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 864, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 864, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Labor,
____________________________ BRIAN KANNO, Chair |
____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair |
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