Bill Text: HI SB1137 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To The Spouse And Child Abuse Special Fund.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2022-05-06 - Enrolled to Governor. [SB1137 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-SB1137-Amended.html
THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
H.D. 2 |
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C.D. 1 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE SPOUSE AND CHILD ABUSE SPECIAL FUND.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature
finds that Congress passed the Family First Prevention Services Act (Family First)
as part of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, Public Law 115-123. Family First changes the way
states may spend and claim funds pursuant to title IV-E of the Social Security
Act (title IV-E funds). Previously,
title IV-E funds could only be used for foster care maintenance, adoption
assistance, kinship guardianship assistance, and related training and administrative
expenses. Family First provides
reimbursement of title IV-E funds for child abuse and prevention services. Hawaii will soon submit its Family First
Hawaii Plan for federal review, and upon approval, it will have the option to
use state and title IV‑E funds for prevention services that would
allow children who have been abused or neglected or are at risk of being abused
or neglected to remain with their parents or relatives.
The
legislature further finds that section 346-7.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
currently allows not more than $3,000,000 in unencumbered and unexpected moneys
to be retained in the spouse and child abuse special fund. To maximize Hawaii's ability to draw
additional federal fund reimbursement available through Family First, the
department of human services needs a significant source of sustainable
non-federal revenue to support spouse and child abuse and neglect prevention
and intervention services, including personnel costs. With the decrease in general fund revenues due
to disruptions caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), it is necessary
to increase the amount of unencumbered and unexpended moneys that the spouse
and child abuse special fund can retain.
The
legislature also finds that the department of human services is seeking to
retain unencumbered and unexpended moneys in the spouse and child abuse special
fund of up to $5,000,000, including Family First federal reimbursements and
title IV-E federal reimbursements received in the fiscal year following the
year in which the funds were expended, to
secure a stable source of funding for spouse abuse, child abuse and neglect
prevention, intervention, and other services.
The purpose of this Act is to allow the spouse and child abuse
special fund to retain up to $5,000,000 unencumbered and unexpended moneys.
SECTION 2. Section 346-7.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
"(e) All unencumbered and unexpended moneys in
excess of [$3,000,000] $5,000,000 in the spouse and child abuse
special fund shall lapse to the credit of the general fund. Upon dissolution of the spouse and child abuse
special fund, any unencumbered moneys in the fund shall lapse to the general
fund."
SECTION 3. Statutory
material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is
underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval, and shall be repealed on June 30, 2027.
Report Title:
Spouse and Child Abuse Special Fund; Department of Human Services; Federal Reimbursements
Description:
Allows the Spouse and Child Abuse Special Fund to retain up to $5,000,000 of federal reimbursements received from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, in the year following the fiscal year in which Family First Prevention Services funds and the Title IV-E funds were expended to be deposited and retained. Repeals on 6/30/2027. (CD1)
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