STAND. COM. REP. NO.  613-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2763

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Public Safety & Military Affairs and Human Services & Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 2763 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS TASK FORCE,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Public Safety (DPS) and Department of Human Services (DHS) to re-establish the Children of Incarcerated Parents Task Force so it can continue to:

(1)  Develop programs and services to aid children of incarcerated parents;

(2)  Strengthen the family bond; and

(3)  Help break cycles of crime and violence.

     The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, Community Alliance on Prisons, Hawaii Youth Services Network, and several concerned individuals supported this bill.  DPS supported the intent of this measure.  DHS and the Office of Youth Services submitted comments.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety & Military Affairs and Human Services & Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2763 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Public Safety & Military Affairs and Human Services & Housing,

____________________________ MAILE SHIMABUKURO, Chair

____________________________ CINDY EVANS, Chair