STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1324

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.C.R. No. 155

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 155 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SPECIALIZED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT WITHIN THE CHILD WELFARE SERVICES BRANCH OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of his concurrent resolution is to create a specialized domestic violence unit within the Child Welfare Services Branch of the Department of Human Services to address and respond to child welfare cases where an allegation of domestic violence has been identified.

     Family Intervention and Training Services - Coalition for A Drug-Free Hawaii, Papa Ola Lokahi, Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and several individuals testified in support of this concurrent resolution.

     The Department of Human Services testified in opposition. A concerned individual provided comments.

     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.C.R. No. 155 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair