STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2216

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 3051

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Human Services and Public Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 3051 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR SOCIAL SERVICES PROGRAMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Department of Human Services, or its designee, to conduct criminal history records checks for those providing services to vulnerable adults and children.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Human Services, Office of Youth Services, and the Maui County Executive on Aging.

     This measure authorizes a "designee" of the Department of Human Services to conduct the criminal history records checks.  The tremendous rise in requests for criminal history records checks necessitates that the Department act more expeditiously in making checks.  This measure allows the Department to contract for those services, thus freeing up personnel to do the core work of the Department.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services and Public Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3051, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3051, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Labor.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services and Public Housing,

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair