Bill Text: HI SB2893 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Chronically Homeless.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2020-07-15 - Enrolled to Governor. [SB2893 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-SB2893-Amended.html
THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
2893 |
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO CHRONICALLY HOMELESS.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. In 2015, the United States Department of Housing
and Urban Development issued its definition of "chronically
homeless." The purpose of this Act
is to amend Hawaii's definition of "chronically homeless" to better
align with the federal definition and to reduce confusion amongst providers,
communities, and private partners.
SECTION 2. Section 346-378, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
"(e) As used in this section, "chronically
homeless individual" means [a homeless individual who has an addiction
or a mental illness, or both.]:
(1) A homeless
individual with a mental illness, addiction, or physical disability who:
(A) Lives
in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven, or in an emergency
shelter; and
(B) Has
been homeless and living as described in subparagraph (A) continuously for at
least twelve months or on at least four separate occasions in the last three
years, as long as the combined occasions equal at least twelve months and each
break in homelessness separating the occasions included at least seven
consecutive nights of not living as described in subparagraph (A). Stays in institutional care facilities for
fewer than ninety days shall not constitute as a break in homelessness, but
rather such stays are included in the twelve-month total, as long as the
individual was living or residing in a place not meant for human habitation, a
safe haven, or an emergency shelter immediately before entering the
institutional care facility;
(2) An individual
who has been residing in an institutional care facility, including a jail,
substance abuse or mental health treatment facility, hospital, or other similar
facility, for fewer than ninety days and met all of the criteria in paragraph
(1) before entering that facility; or
(3) A family with
an adult head of household (or if there is no adult in the family, a minor head
of household) who meets all of the criteria in paragraph (1) or (2), including
a family whose composition has fluctuated while the head of household has been
homeless."
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.
Report Title:
Chronically Homeless; Definition
Description:
Amends the definition of "chronically homeless" to provide clarity and improve the delivery and development of homeless services. (SD1)
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