Bill Text: HI HB2533 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Child Protective Act; Aggravated Circumstances

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-04-18 - (S) Act 028, 4/17/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1128). [HB2533 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-HB2533-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  495-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2533

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 2533 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF AGGRAVATED CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE CHILD PROTECTIVE ACT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to amend the definition of "aggravated circumstances" in the Child Protective Act to be consistent with the federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act.

 

     The Department of Human Services, Department of the Attorney General, and Family Programs Hawaii testified in support of this measure.

 

     Your Committee respectfully notes that the Department of Human Services testified that the federal Administration for Children and Families informed the State that recent changes to the federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act need to be incorporated into the Child Protective Act, chapter 587A, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  These changes will allow the Department of Human Services to continue to receive federal funding of approximately $140,000.  Your Committee also notes that compliance with the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act requirements is necessary for the State to be able to comply with its federal Title IV-E State Plan so that Hawaii can remain eligible for approximately $40,000,000 in annual federal Title IV-E funding.

 

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by 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 Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2533, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2533, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair