Bill Text: HI SB2801 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Child Care; Adult Abuse Perpetrator Checks

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-15 - (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDL. [SB2801 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-SB2801-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2230

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2801

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 2801 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADULT ABUSE PERPETRATOR CHECKS FOR CHILD CARE PROVIDERS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to allow the Department of Human Services to conduct adult abuse perpetrator checks on providers, license exempt pursuant to section 346-152, Hawaii Revised Statutes, who care for children receiving child care subsidies from the department, applicants who want to operate a child care facility, prospective employees of the applicant, licensed child care providers, and new employees of the registered or licensed provider.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Human Services and the Hawaii Association for the Education of Young Children.

 

     Your Committee finds that the Department of Human Services is responsible for ensuring the safety and health of children in regulated settings such as licensed child care centers and for child care providers who care for children that receive child care subsidies from the Department.  This measure will allow the Department to conduct a more thorough check on the character of the individuals who are working directly with children in licensed and legally exempt settings by identifying individuals who have a history of maltreatment of vulnerable individuals.

 

     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. 2801 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Labor.

 

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

 

		____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair