STAND. COM. REP. NO.  416-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2441

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 2441 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to bring the Hawaii Child Support Enforcement Agency into compliance with federal law by clarifying that:

     (1)  The information for newly hired employees that employers are required to report to the Child Support Enforcement Agency includes the date that services for remuneration were first performed by the employees; and

     (2)  Employers receiving notice of medical support have twenty business days from the date of the notice to transfer the notice to the appropriate plan providing health care coverage for an eligible child and are required to notify the Child Support Enforcement Agency when employment is terminated.

The Attorney General testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of 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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2441, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2441, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

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

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair