STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1361

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.R. No. 183

      H.D. 1

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.R. No. 183 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO CONSIDER IMPLEMENTING THE MY SAFE DRAWER COMPUTER APPLICATION FOR FOSTER YOUTH WHO ARE TRANSITIONING OUT OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this resolution is to encourage the Department of Human Services to consider implementing My Safe Drawer computer application for foster youth who are transitioning out of the foster care system to have a secure repository for vital records.

     The Department of Human Services and CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc. provided comments on this resolution.

     Your Committee notes that CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc. is willing to provide a computer application free of charge to the State of Hawaii in order for foster youth to have a safe, secure, and centralized storage repository for vital records and contacts.

     Your Committee amended this resolution by:

     (1) Changing the title to "Encouraging the Department of Human Services to Consider Implementing a Computer Application for Foster Youth Who are Transitioning Out of the Foster Care System; and

     (2) Removing "my safe drawer" from the body of the resolution and replace it with "computer application;" and

     (3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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. 183, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 183, H.D. 1.

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

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair