STAND. COM. REP. NO.  622-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 3399

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services & Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 3399 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHAPTER 346, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to exempt from child care licensing laws, two persons living in the same household who can each care for up to two children unrelated to the caregiver.

     The Department of Human Services supported the intent of this bill.  The Attorney General provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Amending the definition of "family child care home" to further clarify the exemption; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services & Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 3399, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3399, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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MAILE SHIMABUKURO, Chair