CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 4-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2016

RE:    H.B. No. 2343

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2343, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILD CARE PROVIDERS,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to bring state law into alignment with changes to the federal Child Care and Development Block Grant, Public Law 113-186 to ensure the health, safety, and well-being of children under the grant, including by requiring the Department of Human Services to conduct background checks, including sex offender registry checks, on household members and all employees of child care facilities and providers that are licensed or registered by or receive child care subsidies from the State.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2016; and

     (2)  Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2343, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2343, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair	____________________________ DEE MORIKAWA, Co-Chair
____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Co-Chair	____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Co-Chair
____________________________ GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Co-Chair