STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3656

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2466

H.D. 2

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Human Services and Government Operations, to which was referred H.B. No. 2466, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CAPITAL DISTRICT BUILDINGS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish a pilot project for the State to provide lease space for the establishment of child care facilities at any capital district building with enrollment priority for children of state employees who work in the building at which the child care facility is located.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services. Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

Your Committees find that there is a shortage of childcare facilities. Providing child care to working families on state property would be of benefit to working parents. Your Committees further note that, although in the past in Hawaii, titles to measures have been amended, the veto message to S.B. No. 1209-77, Session Laws of Hawaii 1977, and Attorney General Letter Opinion dated April 11, 1978, indicate that titles should not be amended. Therefore, the title of this measure limits the location of an established facility to capital district buildings despite your Committees desire to expand the location to other buildings.

Your Committees heard testimony of the Department of Human Services expressing concerns that although the measure enables them to contract with private entities for the pilot project there is no clarification as to whether families would be required to pay fees for services received from the child care facility. Your Committees note that in anticipation of contracting with a private child care provider, operating costs might be collected directly from the families utilizing the child care services.

Your Committees also note that the Department of Accounting and General Services and Department of Human Services indicated that considerations for optimal site location, renovations for compliance with county ordinance for permit and building requirements specific to a child care facility; and implementation would require more time than allotted. Specifically, operation of the child care facility in calendar year 2020 is not feasible.

Accordingly, your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting language to expand participation in enrollment to the general public;

(2) Changing the repeal date to June 30, 2030, to allow appropriate time for considerations required to initiate operation;

(3) Making the report requirement, beginning with the year 2022, for alternating years; and

(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

Your Committees note that although the appropriation is blank, the Department of Accounting and General Services' testimony requests an appropriation of $100,000 to conduct a feasibility study. Finally, your Committees note that the effective date is December 31, 2059, to encourage further discussion and consideration by your Committee on Ways and Means.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Government Operations that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2466, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2466, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Government Operations,

________________________________ LAURA H. THIELEN, Chair

________________________________ RUSSELL E. RUDERMAN, Chair