STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1123-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   S.B. No. 2703

      S.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 S.B. No. 2703, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to ensure that state child support enforcement laws comply with recently enacted federal laws by clarifying:

     (1)  The requirement for new hire reporting to include the date on which services for remuneration were first performed by the employee as part of the information furnished by employers to the Hawaii Child Support Enforcement Agency of the Department of the Attorney General; and

     (2)  That employers receiving notice of medical support have 20 business days after the notice date to transfer the notice to the appropriate plan providing health care coverage and are required to notify the Hawaii Child Support Enforcement Agency when employment is terminated.

The Department of the Attorney General supported this measure.

     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 S.B. No. 2703, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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