Bill Text: HI SB1077 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Hawaii State And Contracted Correctional Facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-12-01 - Carried over to 2020 Regular Session. [SB1077 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-SB1077-Introduced.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to hawaii state and contracted correctional facilities.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 353C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§353C- Correctional facility
and community correctional center deaths; reporting. (a) Within forty-eight hours, the director shall
report to the governor, and the governor shall report to the legislature, the
death of any:
(1) Correctional facility or community
correctional center employee who dies on the grounds of a correctional facility
or community correctional center where Hawaii inmates reside or who sustains an
injury on the grounds of a correctional facility or community correctional
center where Hawaii inmates reside that causes the death of the employee; and
(2) Hawaii inmate who is incarcerated in a
state or contracted correctional facility.
(b)
The report in subsection (a) shall include the following information:
(1) The name of the decedent;
(2) The gender and age of the decedent;
(3) Whether the decedent was an inmate or an
employee;
(4) The location of the death or injury leading
to the death;
(5) The date and time of the death;
(6) The cause of death; and
(7) A report of the clinical mortality review
conducted in response to the death, including correctional actions to be taken;
provided that when the official
cause of death has been determined, the director shall immediately report the
official cause of death to the governor, and the governor shall immediately
report the official cause of death to the legislature.
(c) The director shall have the discretion to
withhold disclosure of the decedent's name pending notification of the death to
the next of kin or if the decedent's identity is protected from disclosure by
state or federal laws."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Correctional Facilities Deaths; Reporting Requirements
Description:
Requires the Director of Public Safety, in the event of any death of an inmate who is in a state or contracted correctional facility or correctional facility or community correctional center employee, to provide a report to the Governor and Legislature with certain information regarding the death. Authorizes Director to withhold disclosure of decedent's name under specific conditions.
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