STAND. COM. REP. NO. 186

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 1225

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Human Services & Homelessness, to which was referred H.B. No. 1225 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to regulate family and group child care homes by:

(1) Establishing the certification, staffing, program, and advertising requirements and restrictions for group child care homes;

(2) Permitting the operation of group child care homes in residential areas and agriculturally designated districts; and

(3) Amending the number of children that may be supervised in a family child care home.

The O‘ahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i submitted testimony in support of this measure. The Department of Human Services and Department of the Attorney General offered comments on this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to January 1, 2059, to promote further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services & Homelessness that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1225, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1225, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Intrastate Commerce.

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

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JOY A. SAN BUENAVENTURA, Chair