STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2232

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 3046

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 3046 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILD WELFARE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Department of Human Services to comply with the federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2010.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Blueprint for Change and Family Programs Hawai‘i.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Human Services.

     Your Committee finds that codifying a mandate for the Department of Human Services to comply with the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2010 will help ensure that the Department receives adequate funding to fulfill the requirements and conditions for federal assistance pursuant to the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2010.

     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. 3046 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Labor.

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

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair