STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1166

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   S.B. No. 748

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 748, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILD CARE FACILITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to ensure that child care facility inspection information is available to the public by requiring the Department of Human Services to:

     (1)  Post its inspection records of child care facilities on a public website; and

     (2)  Submit an annual report to the Legislature on certain information from inspection records of child care facilities.

Numerous concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Human Services provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to January 1, 2019.

     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. 748, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 748, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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DEE MORIKAWA, Chair