Bill Text: HI SB101 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
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 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-17 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. [SB101 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2023-SB101-Introduced.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 with 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 with 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. This system would focus on the individual and
identify the best.
Act 214 required the department of health,
through the executive office on aging, to submit an interim report of the task
force's 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, and a final report of the task force's findings and
recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the legislature no
later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2015.
The legislature finds that in 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/mobility coordinators, and logistics of developing a mobility
center/program; 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 these recommendations are implemented.
Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to make an appropriation to the department of health 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 of the following positions:
(1) One mobility manager in each of the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui;
(2) One statewide outreach position; and
(3) One statewide coordinator.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of health for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2023.
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Report Title:
Health; Mobility Management Task Force; Appropriation
Description:
Makes an appropriation to the Department of Health to implement the recommendations of the statewide Mobility Management Task Force, established pursuant to Act 214, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013.
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