Bill Text: HI HB415 | 2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Making An Appropriation To Implement The Recommendations Of The Task Force On Mobility Management, Established Pursuant To Act 214, Session Laws Of Hawaii 2013.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-03-25 - Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). [HB415 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-HB415-Amended.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TASK FORCE ON MOBILITY MANAGEMENT, ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO ACT 214, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2013.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Act 214,
Session Laws of Hawaii 2013 (Act 214), established a task force on mobility management within
the department of health. The task force
was required to make recommendations on establishing a transportation framework
to assist elders and individuals having disabilities with transportation needs
in each county, including recommendations relating to the state budget and
program development.
In enacting Act 214, the legislature found
that Hawaii's residents, including elders and individuals having disabilities,
should be able to live at home with the supports they need so that they can
participate in communities that value their contributions. The legislature also found that statewide,
especially in rural communities, many residents are without family members
nearby to provide transportation and are too frail or disabled to access public
transit. Transportation services are
often fragmented, underutilized, or difficult to navigate, and can be costly
because of inconsistent, duplicative, and often restrictive federal and state
program rules and regulations. Due to
these circumstances, there is a need for a policy on mobility management, a concept
in which a single entity in a geographical area is charged with knowing and
deploying the entire array of transportation resources available.
Act 214 required the department of health,
through the executive office on aging, to submit an interim report to the
legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular
session of 2014, and a final report to the legislature no later than twenty
days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2015.
The legislature finds that the task force's
final report, submitted to the legislature on January 30, 2015, addressed the
development and establishment of a mobility management program and mobility
center in a geographical area; cost and qualifications of transportation or mobility
coordinators, or both; logistics of developing a mobility center or program, or
both; and development of a mobility management master plan for each county, and
recommended that the State continue to support the counties' efforts in
developing their respective mobility management program with the following
suggested actions:
(1) Fund local mobility projects identified by the county as priority strategies;
(2) Provide state leadership and coordination for the four counties to leverage federal funding;
(3) Establish a statewide purchasing cooperative among the counties and human service providers to procure new vehicles, technologies, and equipment; and
(4) Support a permanent funding source in any future state or local tax initiative for human service transportation.
The legislature further finds that there is still a strong need for mobility management in the State and it is critical that the recommendations of the task force are implemented.
Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to make an appropriation to the department of transportation to implement the recommendations of the task force on mobility management, established pursuant to Act 214.
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2023-2024 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2024-2025 for the implementation of the recommendations made by the task force on mobility management, established pursuant to Act 214, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013, including funding the establishment of the following positions:
(1) Three full-time equivalent (3.0 FTE) mobility manager positions, one each for the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui;
(2) One full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) statewide outreach position; and
(3) One full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) statewide coordinator position.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of transportation for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Health; Task Force on Mobility Management; DOT; Appropriations
Description:
Appropriates funds to the Department of Transportation to implement the recommendations of the task force on mobility management established pursuant to Act 214, SLH 2013. (SD2)
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