Bill Text: HI HB1006 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Family Justice Center Task Force
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-15 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Carroll, Coffman, Hanohano, Har, Kawakami, Ward excused (6). [HB1006 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2013-HB1006-Amended.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO FAMILY JUSTICE CENTERS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. (a) The department of human services may create a family justice center task force to consider the establishment of one or more multi-agency, multi-disciplinary family justice centers on any island in the State to assist victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, elder abuse, or human trafficking, and provide family-based social services.
(b) The family justice center task force shall consist of the following members or their designees to be appointed by the director of human services:
(1) The director of human services, who shall serve as the chair of the task force;
(2) The director of health;
(3) The superintendent of education;
(4) The director of the executive office on aging;
(5) A representative from the department of the prosecuting attorney of the city and county of Honolulu;
(6) A representative from the family courts of the State of Hawaii;
(7) Two social workers from the department of human services;
(8) Three members from organizations that provide services for domestic violence victims, who shall be requested to serve as representatives; provided that each member shall be from a different county;
(9) Three members from long term care organizations, who shall be requested to serve as representatives;
(10) Three members from organizations that assist victims of human trafficking, who shall be requested to serve as representatives;
(11) One member to be designated by the speaker of the house of representatives; and
(12) One member to be designated by the president of the senate.
(c) The members of the family justice center task force shall serve without compensation.
(d) The family justice center task force shall:
(1) Coordinate with relevant state and county agencies and local nonprofit service providers to identify the services that are most needed;
(2) Identify all federal, state, county, or private funds that may be used to establish a family justice center; and
(3) Develop an informed consent process to authorize the sharing of confidential, privileged, or protected information between individuals or agencies working in a center.
(e) The family justice center 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 the regular session of 2014.
(f) The family justice center task force shall cease to exist on June 30, 2014.
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Family Justice Center Task Force
Description:
Allows the Department of Human Services to create a family justice center task force to consider the establishment of family justice centers to assist victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, elder abuse, or human trafficking, and provide family-based social services. Effective July 1, 2050. (HB1006 HD1)
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