Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2162, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to help foster children successfully transition out of foster care and into independent living.

This measure enables foster children to apply for a driver's license and ensures they are covered by motor vehicle insurance. It also permits higher education board allowances to be paid directly to a former foster child.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by deleting the language amending section 587-87, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which would have eliminated the requirement that a foster child's medical records be disclosed to the child's foster parents, by changing the effective date to July 1, 2006, and by making technical, non-substantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2162, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2162, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.