STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1650-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 3215

S.D. 1

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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 3215, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILDREN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to support children of incarcerated parents by establishing in law the Children of Incarcerated Parents Task Force (Task Force), which was originally established by legislative resolution, to:

(1) Develop a system to identify children of incarcerated parents in Hawaii and make appropriate referrals;

(2) Determine the impact that parental incarceration has on children of incarcerated parents;

(3) Identify the needs of children of incarcerated parents and develop responsive programs to assist them;

(4) Identify local programs and models, including Neighbor Island programs and models; and

(5) Review other jurisdictions' activities, policies, directives, and laws relating to children of incarcerated parents and derive best practices models therefrom.

This measure also appropriates funds to address the Task Force's financial needs.

The Department of Human Services, Community Alliance on Prisons, Hawaii Youth Services Network, Blueprint for Change, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3215, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3215, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

		____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair