STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1470

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.C.R. No. 25

      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 Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Human Services, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 25 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO ADOPT, AMEND, OR REPEAL RULES IN ORDER TO RECOGNIZE AND RESPECT THE HAWAIIAN SYSTEM OF HANAI DURING THE LICENSING OF FOSTER PARENTS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to recognize and respect the Hawaiian system of hanai by requesting the Department of Human Services (DHS) to adopt, amend, or repeal rules to integrate the hanai system with foster parent licensing procedures.

     DHS commented on this concurrent resolution.

     Your Committees have amended this concurrent resolution by adding making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Human Services that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 25, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Judiciary, in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 25, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Human Services,

____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair

____________________________ MELE CARROLL, Chair