CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 68

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: S.B. No. 1226

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 1226, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

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:

(1) Require criminal history record checks of adult relatives who provide care for a child whose family receives a child care subsidy from the Department of Human Services;

(2) Clarify the role and response of the Child Care Licensing Program when it receives a report of death or injury of a child in a child care setting;

(3) Address the release of information pending an investigation; and

(4) Increase penalties and clarify that the Department of Human Services may take administrative and judicial action to enforce child care licensing requirements.

Your Committee on Conference finds that existing law does not require criminal history record checks from adult relatives who provide care for a child whose family receives a child subsidy from the Department of Human Services. This measure makes criminal history record checks mandatory for potential child care providers and increases penalties for people who engage in illegal child care. This measure provides the Department of Human Services with more tools to quickly enforce violations, protect children from predators, provide children with safer care, and deter people from engaging in illegal child care.

Your Committee on Conference amends this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that violators shall be fined up to $1,000 for each day of violation;

(2) Changing its effective date to upon approval; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of 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 S.B. No. 1226, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1226, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ JOY A. SAN BUENAVENTURA Co-Chair	____________________________ RUSSELL E. RUDERMAN Chair
____________________________ CHRIS LEE Co-Chair	____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER Co-Chair
____________________________ NADINE K. NAKAMURA Co-Chair	____________________________ KARL RHOADS Co-Chair