STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 531-18
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2018
RE: H.B. No. 1650
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Ninth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2018
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Health & Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 1650 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILD SAFETY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee notes the confidentiality concerns raised by the Department regarding allegations of child abuse or neglect that are not confirmed by the Child Welfare Services Branch of the Department and immediately expunged.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Clarifying the type and scope of information that the Department may release in order to protect confidentiality;
(2) Removing the provision that specified that any investigation involving a finding of a felony or misdemeanor may be disclosed;
(3) Clarifying that names and identifying information of all individuals are protected from disclosure; and
(4) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health & Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1650, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1650, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health & Human Services,
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____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair |
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