STAND. COM. REP. NO.  831-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2243

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2243 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to protect vulnerable populations such as children, the elderly, and disabled individuals from abuse by service providers or caregivers by:

(1)  Allowing qualified nongovernmental entities to request state and national fingerprint-based criminal history record checks on applicants, employees, and volunteers who provide care to vulnerable populations, and to receive the results directly; and

(2)  Permitting agencies and other entities currently authorized to conduct background checks on applicants and employees to also conduct background checks on volunteers and potential volunteers.

The Department of the Attorney General and Department of Human Services provided testimony in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2243, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2243, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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KARL RHOADS, Chair