CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 38-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2012

RE:    H.B. No. 2568

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2568, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BACKGROUND CHECKS,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to allow the Department of Health to designate an entity to perform services on its behalf relating to background checks for employment, volunteer, contracting, licensure, or certification purposes.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Removing redundant references to the Department of Health's designee in the provisions relating to a presumption of good faith for purposes of immunity from civil liability for actions based on criminal history record information;

     (2)  Changing its effective date to upon approval; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2568, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2568, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ JOSH GREEN, M.D., Chair	____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Co-Chair
____________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Co-Chair	____________________________ GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Co-Chair
	____________________________ DEE MORIKAWA, Co-Chair