STAND. COM. REP. NO.  419-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.R. No. 21

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.R. No. 21 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO PERFORM A FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT AUDIT OF THE CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this resolution is to request the auditor to perform a financial and management audit of the Child Support Enforcement Agency.

     The Attorney General provided comments on this measure.

     Your Committee finds that the Child Support Enforcement Agency has one of the highest caseload to caseworker ratios in the nation.  In order to ensure that the Child Support Enforcement Agency is fulfilling its purpose of helping families by promoting self-sufficiency, your Committee finds that an audit is necessary in finding ways to reduce the caseworker to caseload ratio.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 21 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Legislative Management.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair