STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 700

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 675

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, 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 measure is to streamline and clarify laws relating to child support orders and the Child Support Enforcement Agency.

Specifically, this measure:

(1) Allows the Child Support Enforcement Agency to issue income withholding orders based upon a request from the obligee and a determination by the Child Support Enforcement Agency that the income withholding is appropriate;

(2) Requires that child support enforcement orders contain language requiring the obligor to keep the Child Support Enforcement Agency apprised of information concerning whether the obligor has access to medical insurance coverage as well as require the submission of identifying information by the obligor and obligee;

(3) Modifies the service of process requirements for the Child Support Enforcement Agency; and

(4) Allows the Child Support Enforcement Agency 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.

Testimony in support of the measure was submitted by the Department of the Attorney General.

This measure streamlines and clarifies the processes and procedures relating to the Child Support Enforcement Agency and the enforcement of child support orders in Hawaii. Your Committee finds that this measure is designed to comply with federal statutory requirements relating to child support orders, thereby making the State eligible to receive federal funding for child support enforcement programs.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 675 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs,

		____________________________ COLLEEN HANABUSA, Chair