Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 691 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend the name of the "Hawaii State Clearinghouse for Missing Children" to "Missing Child Center-Hawaii."

Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Department of the Attorney General.

Your Committee finds that this measure will bring uniformity to the program name of the Missing Child Center-Hawaii. In 1997, the Hawaii State Clearinghouse for Missing Children was renamed the Missing Child Center-Hawaii; however, this change was never made in the statute. This name change will help to avoid confusion in the mind of the public by clarifying that there is only one such entity.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 691 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.