Bill Text: HI SB483 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Relating To Homelessness.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-15 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. [SB483 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2019-SB483-Amended.html

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

483

THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019

S.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Act 209, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, is amended by amending subsection (b) of section 3 to read as follows:

     "(b)  The governor shall designate executive branch agencies to develop and implement the ohana zones pilot program, including an agency with specific expertise in construction development and an agency with specific expertise in administering homeless services.  The governor, through the governor's designated agencies, shall determine the number and locations of the ohana zones, which shall be situated on public lands[;] in accordance with subsection (c) or on private lands through a partnership between the State and the owner of the land; provided that the designated agencies shall identify at least three sites on Oahu and one site on each of the islands of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui."

     SECTION 2.  Act 209, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, is amended by amending section 4 as follows:

     1.  By amending subsection (b) to read:

     "(b)  The agencies designated by the governor shall establish [no later than December 31, 2018,] the following:

     (1)  The criteria that the agencies will use to evaluate potential ohana zone locations;

     (2)  A monthly timetable of milestones that the agencies expect to meet in establishing one or more ohana zones over the course of the three-year pilot program;

     (3)  The specific, measurable, attainable, reasonable, and time-based performance measures that the agencies expect to meet at the end of each fiscal year;

     (4)  The evaluation criteria and process that the agencies intend to use each year when reviewing the success and sustainability of the ohana zones; and

     (5)  The monitoring and oversight controls that the agencies will have over the ohana zones to identify, address, and prevent possible fraud, waste, and abuse and ensure compliance with local, state, and federal laws."

     2.  By amending subsection (f) to read:

     "(f)  The pilot program shall cease to exist three years from the contract execution date or on June 30, [2021.] 2022, or whichever is later."

     SECTION 3.  Act 209, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, is amended by amending section 7 as follows:

     1.  By amending subsection (c) to read:

     "(c)  The department of human services shall work with the participating hospital under the emergency department homelessness assessment pilot program to collect and analyze data to be included in a report that contains a summary and explanation of the data regarding the efficacy of emergency department intervention by the multidisciplinary team in mitigating the number of unnecessary emergency department visits by patients experiencing homelessness or patients at risk of experiencing homelessness.  The report shall contain findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, for continuation, modification, or termination of the pilot program.  The department of human services shall submit the report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of [2019.] 2020."

     2.  By amending subsection (e) to read:

     "(e)  The emergency department homelessness assessment pilot program shall cease to exist on June 30, [2019.] 2020."

     SECTION 4.  Act 209, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, is amended by amending section 9 as follows:

     1.  By amending subsection (c) to read:

     "(c)  The department of human services shall submit a report to the legislature of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, regarding the pilot program no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of [2019.] 2020."

     2.  By amending subsection (e) to read:

     "(e)  The medical respite pilot program shall cease to exist on June 30, [2019.] 2020."

     SECTION 5.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 6.  This Act shall take effect on June 29, 2019.

 


 


 

Report Title:

DHS; Ohana Zones Pilot Program; Emergency Department Homelessness Assessment Pilot Program; Medical Respite Pilot Program; Homelessness; Human Services; Housing; Shelters

 

Description:

Authorizes the use of private lands for the ohana zones pilot program.  Provides additional time for the implementation of the ohana zones pilot program.  Extends sunset dates of the Emergency Department Homelessness Assessment and Medical Respite pilot programs of the Department of Human Services to 6/30/2020.  Requires reports to the Legislature.  (SD1)

 

 

 

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