Bill Text: HI SB748 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Child Care Facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-01-17 - Re-referred to HHS, FIN, referral sheet 2 [SB748 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB748-Amended.html
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO CHILD CARE FACILITIES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 346-153, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§346-153 Records of deficiencies and
complaints; release to public[.]; report to legislature. (a)
For every child care facility, the department shall maintain records for the current
and previous two years of: results of its inspections; notifications to providers
of deficiencies; corrective action taken; complaints of violations of rules adopted
under this part; results of its investigations; resolution of complaints; and suspensions,
revocations, reinstatements, restorations, and reissuances of licenses, temporary
permits, and registrations issued under this part. Notwithstanding any other law
to the contrary, the records described in this section shall be available for
inspection in the manner set forth in chapter 92F, and [may] substantiated
complaints shall be posted by the department on a public website; provided
that with respect to records of family child care homes and group child care
homes, sensitive personal information, including home addresses, or information
provided to the department with the understanding that it would not be publicly
divulged shall be deleted or obliterated prior to making the records available to
the public. Nothing in this section shall authorize the department to release the
names of or any other identifying information on complainants. The department may
withhold information on a complaint for which an investigation is being conducted
for not more than ten working days following the date of filing of the complaint;
provided that if an investigation relates to an alleged criminal offense, no information
shall be released until the investigation has been completed and the director has
determined that no legal proceeding will be jeopardized by its release.
(b) The department shall submit a report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session that includes the following information from the records maintained pursuant to subsection (a):
(1) Complaints of violations of rules adopted pursuant to this part and actions the department took to address the complaints;
(2) Results of investigations; and
(3) License revocations."
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2017-2018 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2018-2019 for the department of human services to post its inspection records of child care facilities on a public website and submit an annual report to the legislature of certain information from inspection records related to child care facilities.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of human services for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2017.
Report Title:
Child Care Facilities; Records; Substantiated Complaints; Public Posting; Report; Appropriation
Description:
Requires the department of human services to post its inspection records of child care facilities that involve substantiated complaints on a public website and submit an annual report to the legislature of certain information from inspection records related to child care facilities. Appropriates funds to the department of human services for the posting of child care facility inspection records and an annual report to the legislature. (SD1)
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