STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1488-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: S.B. No. 2328
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2328, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NOTICE TO FOSTER PARENTS FOR CHAPTER 587, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES, CHILD PROTECTIVE ACT HEARINGS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Clarify notice of hearing requirements; and
(2) Expand opportunities for foster parents to attend all hearings under the Child Protective Act.
The Department of Human Services and Hawaii Foster Parent Association testified in support of this bill. The Legal Aid Society of Hawaii opposed this measure. CT Corporation offered comments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2096, to encourage further discussion.
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. 2328, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2328, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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