STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3561
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: H.B. No. 2343
H.D. 2
S.D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2016
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred H.B. No. 2343, H.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILD CARE PROVIDERS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to align state law with changes to the federal Child Care and Development Block Grant, P.L. 113-186, including 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 subsidies from the State.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Human Services.
Your Committee finds that this measure is necessary to align state law with P.L. 113-186, the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014, enacted on November 19, 2014, which made significant changes to the Child Care and Development Block Grant requirements to ensure the health, safety, and well-being of children served under the grant.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Inserting an effective date of January 7, 2059, to encourage further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2343, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2343, H.D. 2, S.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Labor,
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________________________________ GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Chair |
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