Bill Text: HI SB2282 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating To Minors.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-19 - Referred to HHS, JDC/WAM. [SB2282 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2024-SB2282-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2282
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to minors.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 346-17.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:

     1.  By amending subsections (e) and (f) to read:

     "(e)  Any provider who renders no cost emergency shelter and related services to a minor pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) [of this section] and can demonstrate compliance with this section shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability based on the provider's determination to provide the no cost emergency shelter and related services; provided that if a provider's assessment and determination, or conduct in providing no cost emergency shelter and related services, is the result of the provider's gross negligence or wilful or wanton acts or omissions, the provider may be held liable for the provider's gross negligence or wilful or wanton acts or omissions.

     (f)  A provider who renders no cost emergency shelter and related services to a minor shall [document]:

     (1)  Document in writing the efforts made to contact the minor's parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian[.]; and

     (2)  Take steps to ensure that minors who are or should be under the legal jurisdiction of the juvenile justice or child welfare systems obtain and receive services from those systems until a time as the minors are released from the jurisdiction of juvenile justice or child welfare systems as required by the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, title 34 United States Code sections 11201 through 11281, as amended."

     2.  By amending subsection (h) to read:

     "(h)  For purposes of this section:

     "Minor" means a person less than eighteen years of age.

     "No cost emergency shelter and related services" means accommodation at no cost for a continuous period of no more than thirty days, unless extended for emergency purposes and in compliance with subsection (b), including beds, meals, individual showering facilities, transportation to and from the place of shelter, and any of the following services as deemed appropriate by the provider:

     (1)  Assistance with reunification with the family, legal guardian, or legal custodian of the minor;

     (2)  Referral to safe housing;

     (3)  Individual, family, and group counseling;

     (4)  Assistance in obtaining clothing;

     (5)  Access to medical and dental care, and mental health counseling;

     (6)  Education and employment services;

     (7)  Recreational activities;

     (8)  Case management, advocacy, and referral services;

     (9)  Independent living skills training; and

    (10)  Aftercare services, as those services are defined in title 45 Code of Federal Regulations section 1351.1.

     "Provider" means any child placing organization[,] or child caring institution authorized by the department under section 346-17 to receive or place minor children for care and maintenance and to provide related services, health care, or supplies to these minors.  "Provider" includes an organization that is not a child placing organization or child caring institution that:

     (1)  Conducts criminal history clearances, child abuse and neglect (CA/N) registry checks, background checks, employment checks, and any other checks as may be required by state or federal law on an annual basis for all employees and volunteers;

     (2)  Maintains separation for unrelated adults and minor children;

     (3)  Serves no more than five minor children per day;

     (4)  Keeps a current register of all minors admitted; and

     (5)  Coordinates with the department to provide shelter or other services for a minor child."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

 

Report Title:

Department of Human Services; No Cost Emergency Shelter and Related Services; Minors; Consent; Providers

 

Description:

Requires providers of no cost emergency shelter and related services to take steps to ensure pertinent youth obtain and receive services from the juvenile justice or child welfare systems and maintain separation for unrelated adults and minor children.  Amends the definition of "provider" as it relates to entities eligible to provide no cost emergency shelter and related services to consenting minors.

 

 

 

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