STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1377-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 3110

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, Human Services, & Homelessness, to which was referred S.B. No. 3110, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILD CARE GRANT PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Rename the Preschool Grant Program Special Fund as the Child Care Grant Program Special Fund;

(2) Add federal funds as one of the fund sources for the Child Care Grant Program Special Fund;

(3) Authorize the Child Care Grant Program Special Fund to be used to give grants to child care facilities;

(4) Change the date by which reports for the Preschool Open Doors Special Fund and Child Care Grant Program Special Fund must be submitted to the Legislature; and

(5) Repeal the authority to expend funds without an appropriation from the Preschool Open Doors Special Fund and Child Care Grant Program Special Fund to conform with state constitutional provisions.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Human Services, Executive Office on Early Learning, and Early Childhood Action Strategy.

Your Committee finds that this measure renames the Preschool Grant Program Special Fund as the Child Care Grant Program Special Fund, which will allow the focus of the special fund to encompass the scope of children across the early learning continuum, from birth until kindergarten. Your Committee further finds that this measure authorizes the Department of Human Services to provide grants to child care facilities beyond those eligible for the Preschool Open Doors Program, which will support parents and caregivers by ensuring the State's child care facilities can continue to provide access to safe and qualified child care.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting language that would have authorized federal funds received by the Department of Human Services to be deposited into the Child Care Grant Program Special Fund;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2060, to encourage further discussion; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health, Human Services, & Homelessness that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3110, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3110, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair