STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2479

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2894

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 Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2894 entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to improve the Department of Human Service's ability to enforce regulations when individuals or organizations are operating child care without a license or registration from the department by clarifying provisions of the child care law.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Human Services.

Your Committees note that the amendments proposed by this measure will provide needed clarity to existing statutes to improve the department's enforcement of violations and to more effectively stop, deter, and prevent a person or organization from engaging in illegal child care operations.

Your Committees have amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2894, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2894, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health,

________________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair

________________________________ RUSSELL E. RUDERMAN, Chair