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

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MICHAEL PUAMAMO KAHIKINA, Chair