STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2922

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3110

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3110, S.D. 1, 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 and intent of this measure is to support access to childcare in the State.

Specifically, this measure:

(1) Renames the preschool grant program special fund as the child care grant program special fund;

(2) Authorizes the child care grant program special fund to be used to provide grants to child care facilities;

(3) Authorizes the deposit of federal moneys into the child care grant program special fund;

(4) Changes the date by which reports for the preschool open doors special fund and the child care grant program special fund must be submitted to the Legislature, from August 31 to twenty days prior to the convening of the regular legislative session; and

(5) Repeals the authority to expend moneys from the preschool open doors special fund and child care grant program special fund without an appropriation.

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

Your Committee finds that well-supported, regulated childcare facilities keep children safe and provide parents the ability to pursue or maintain employment and educational activities.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3110, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3110, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair