STAND. COM. REP. 1134
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: S.B. No. 959
S.D. 1
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 Committees on Human Services and Housing and Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 959, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to provide for forensic medical examinations for children in foster custody placements.
The Department of Human Services submitted testimony in opposition to this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the appropriation amounts to $1 to facilitate further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments to conform to drafting style.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Housing and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 959, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 959, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Housing and Health,
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____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair |
____________________________ MICHAEL PUAMAMO KAHIKINA, Chair |
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