STAND. COM. REP. NO.  943-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2234

      S.D. 1

      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 Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 2234, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM CHILD CARE LICENSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to ensure that all child care programs meet the health and safety standards of the Department of Human Services by:

(1)  Repealing the Department's licensing exemption for child care programs licensed by the Hawaii Council of Private Schools; and

(2)  Appropriating funds to the Department for the licensing of private child care programs.

     Your Committee notes that this measure has an effective date of July 1, 2050, which will facilitate further discussion as it moves through your Committees on Consumer Protection and Commerce and Finance.

The Department of Human Services, Executive Office on Early Learning, and Hawai‘i Association for the Education of Young Children provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Hawaii Association of Independent Schools provided comments on 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 S.B. No. 2234, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2234, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

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

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MELE CARROLL, Chair