STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1287
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: S.B. No. 675
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 675 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to streamline and clarify laws relating to child support orders and the Child Support Enforcement Agency (CSEA) by:
(1) Allowing CSEA to issue income withholding orders based upon a request from the obligee and a determination by CSEA that the income withholding is appropriate;
(2) Requiring the obligor to keep the CSEA apprised of information concerning whether the obligor has access to medical insurance coverage and requiring the submission of the medical policy information;
(3) Modifying the service of process requirements for CSEA; and
(4) Allowing CSEA to terminate the requirement for the responsible parent's employer or union to enroll a dependent child as a beneficiary in the group medical health plan by sending notice to the employer or union.
The Attorney General testified in support of this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.
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. 675, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 675, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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