STAND. COM. REP. NO.  824

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 1094

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1094, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PERMANENCY HEARINGS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to amend the Child Protective Act by, among other things:

(1)  Adding provisions related to permanency hearings to determine permanent placement of a child; and

(2)  Allowing the court to set a case for a show cause hearing if a child's family home is determined not to be safe, even with the assistance of a service plan.

     The Department of Human Services testified in support of this bill.  The Judiciary submitted comments.

     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 H.B. No. 1094, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair