HB 341 Summary

• Adds new section to Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 346 requiring child care providers, licensed providers, and exempt persons to annually submit 14 categories of information to the Department of Human Services.

• Required information includes: gender, ethnicity, age, years of paid child care experience, preferred learning language, languages spoken to children, median hourly wage, paid planning time hours and rate, health insurance benefits summary, paid sick leave hours, paid vacation hours, retirement benefits summary, apprenticeship participation, and education/credentials/degrees.

• Requires the Department of Human Services to compile all collected information into a database, either creating a new database or adding to an existing one.

• Takes effect July 1, 2023.