STAND. COM. REP. NO. 97-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: H.B. No. 3130
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Human Services and Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 3130 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTION,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to protect newborns from potential harm by providing immunity from prosecution:
(1) For persons leaving an unharmed newborn accompanied by written medical information at a hospital, fire station, or police station within 72 hours of birth; and
(2) For hospitals, fire stations, and police stations for receiving a newborn.
Blueprint for Change, Hawaii Family Forum, the Hawaii Catholic Conference, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill. The Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu supported the intent of this measure. The Department of Human Services offered comments.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 3130 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Health,
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____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair |
____________________________ ALEX M. SONSON, Chair |
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