STAND. COM. REP. NO.948-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: S.B. No. 2692

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs and Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 2692 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICAL SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to require that the Child Support Enforcement Agency use the National Medical Support Notice form (Form), rather than a copy of the support order, when enforcing an order for a parent to provide medical insurance coverage for a child.

Your Committees received testimony in support of the bill from the Department of the Attorney General (AG), that explained that the use of the Form is a federally mandated requirement under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, and compliance with this requirement is necessary to continue eligibility for federal welfare and child support enforcement program funding.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs and Consumer Protection and Commerce that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2692 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs and Consumer Protection and Commerce,

 

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KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair

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ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair