Bill Text: HI SB2716 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Child Protective Act

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-05-24 - (H) Act 135, on 5/24/2010 (Gov. Msg. No. 352). [SB2716 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB2716-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2312

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2716

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 2716 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to ensure compliance with federal Title IV-E State Plan requirements relating to federally mandated timelines, hearings, and case plan requirements for child protective proceedings.

 

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Department of Human Services, the Department of the Attorney General, and three individuals.  Comments on this measure were submitted by The Judiciary, State of Hawaii.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that children are one of the greatest assets in our community and they also represent the future of our State.  Your Committee also finds that it is vitally important to protect them from harm and to ensure that mechanisms are in place to facilitate this.  Your Committee further finds that it is imperative that our State have provisions in place to comply with federal Title IV-E guidelines in order to assure the receipt of over $50,000,000 in federal funds each year.

 

     Accordingly, your Committee has amended the measure by:

 

     (1)  Clarifying provisions regarding permanency hearings pursuant to the recommendation of the Department of Human Services;

 

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2010; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2716, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2716, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

 

		____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair