STAND. COM. REP. NO. 632

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 566

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 566 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to streamline the child support enforcement process and conform with federal mandates by, among other things:

(1) Authorizing the Child Support Enforcement Agency (CSEA) to provide services to non-custodial parents;

(2) Allowing disclosure of information in CSEA administrative proceedings;

(3) Allowing CSEA to issue income withholding orders;

(4) Requiring an obligor to keep CSEA informed of medical insurance coverage; and

(5) Enabling CSEA to notify employers of the requirement to provide medical insurance coverage by regular mail, personal delivery, or transmission by electronic means.

The Department of the Attorney General and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.

 

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

 

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

 

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ALEX M. SONSON, Chair