CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 71

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2013

 

RE:    H.B. No. 398

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir and Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 398, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Require child care facilities, including family child care homes, group child care centers, and group child care homes; and infant and toddler child care centers that care for children less than one year of age to develop, maintain, and implement safe sleep policies, in accordance with rules adopted by the Department of Human Services, to prevent sudden unexpected infant deaths and sudden infant death syndrome; and

 

     (2)  Establish a working group to review issues relating to the transition of oversight of home and community-based facilities from the Department of Human Services to the Department of Health, including the submittal of a report of the working group's findings and recommendations to the Legislature.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Deleting the Part I of the measure that required child facilities, centers, and homes, to develop, maintain, and implement safe sleep policy procedures;

    

     (2)  Inserting the number of representatives to participate in the working group from community care foster family homes, adult residential care homes, adult day care centers, developmental disabilities domiciliary homes, adult foster homes, and licensed case management agencies;

 

     (3)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2013; and

 

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 398, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 398, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 

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MELE CARROLL, Co-Chair

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JOSH GREEN, Co-Chair

 

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ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Co-Chair

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Co-Chair