Bill Text: HI HB486 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Trauma-informed Care.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. [HB486 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-HB486-Introduced.html
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to trauma-informed care.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
"§321- Trauma-informed care task force. (a) There is established within the department of health for administrative purposes a trauma‑informed care task force. The task force shall consist of the following members:
(1) The director of health, or the
director's designee, who shall serve as the chairperson of the task force;
(2) The director of human services, or
the director's designee;
(3) The superintendent of education, or
the superintendent's designee;
(4) The director of public safety, or
its successor agency, or the director's designee;
(5) The director of the executive office
on early learning, or the director's designee;
(6) The executive director of the office
of youth services, or the executive director's designee;
(7) The chair of the Hawaii correctional
system oversight commission, or the chair's designee;
(8) A member of the judiciary, to be
appointed by the chief justice of the supreme court;
(9) A faculty member from the university
of Hawaii John A. Burns school of medicine, to be appointed by the dean of the
university of Hawaii John A. Burns school of medicine;
(10) The chief executive officer of
Kamehameha Schools, or the chief executive officer's designee, who shall be
invited by the chairperson;
(11) A member of the law enforcement
community, who shall be invited by the chairperson;
(12) A member of the non-profit sector,
who shall be invited by the chairperson; and
(13) A community member or non-profit representative from the Compact of Free Association islander community, who shall be invited by the chairperson.
(b) Non-ex officio members of the task force
shall be subject to section 26-34.
(c) The task force shall develop and make
recommendations for trauma-informed care in the State. Specifically, the task force shall:
(1) Create, develop, and adopt a
statewide framework for trauma-informed care and responsive practice. The framework shall include:
(A) A clear definition of
"trauma-informed and responsive practice";
(B) Principles of trauma-informed and
responsive care that may apply to any school, health care provider, law
enforcement agency, community organization, state agency, or other entity that
has contact with children or youth;
(C) Clear examples of how individuals
and institutions may implement trauma-informed and responsive practices across
different domains, including organizational leadership, workforce development,
policy and decision-making, and evaluation;
(D) Strategies for preventing and
addressing secondary traumatic stress for all professionals and providers
working with children and youth and their families who have experienced trauma;
(E) Recommendations to implement
trauma-informed care professional development and strategy requirements in
county and state contracts; and
(F) An implementation and sustainability
plan, consisting of an evaluation plan with suggested metrics for assessing
ongoing progress of the framework;
(2) Identify best practices, including
those from native Hawaiian cultural practices, with respect to children and
youth who have experienced or are at risk of experiencing trauma, and their
families;
(3) Provide a trauma-informed care
inventory and assessment of public and private agencies and departments;
(4) Identify various cultural practices
that build wellness and resilience in communities;
(5) Convene trauma-informed care
practitioners so that they may share research and strategies in helping
communities build wellness and resilience;
(6) Seek ways in which federal funding
may be used to better coordinate and improve the responses to families impacted
by coronavirus disease 2019, substance use disorders, domestic violence,
poverty, and other forms of trauma, including making recommendations for a
government position to interface with federal agencies to seek and leverage
federal funding with county and state agencies and philanthropical
organizations; and
(7) Coordinate data collection and
funding streams to support the efforts of the interagency task force.
(e) The task force shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the legislature, no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session."
SECTION
2. The sitting members of the trauma-informed
care task force established pursuant to Act 209, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021,
shall carry over to the task force established pursuant to section 1 of this
Act without being subject to the advice and consent requirements of section
26-34, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
DOH; Trauma-informed Care; Task Force; Report
Description:
Establishes a trauma-informed care task force within the Department of Health. Requires the task force to develop a statewide framework for trauma-informed care and to provide other recommendations on how the State can implement best practices in trauma-informed care, including native Hawaiian cultural practices. Provides that the trauma-informed care task force shall serve as an advisory board for, and be administratively attached to, the office of wellness and resilience established in section 27-62, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Requires the task force to submit a report to the Legislature no later than 20 days prior to the convening of each regular session.
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
