STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1506

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   S.B. No. 815

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 815, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILDREN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to assist infants and toddlers in overcoming the negative consequences stemming from maltreatment by appropriating funds for the Judiciary's Zero To Three Court for infants and toddlers in child welfare cases.  

The Judiciary, Hawaii Family Support Institute, and an individual testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the appropriation amount of $130,000 for each year of fiscal biennium 2013-2015 to fund the Judiciary's Zero To Three Court Program to an unspecified amount; and

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 815, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 815, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair