Bill Text: HI SB49 | 2011 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Correctional Facility Deaths; Reporting Requirements

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2011-07-12 - (S) Vetoed on 07-12-11 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1349). [SB49 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2011-SB49-Amended.html

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

49

TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011

S.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

H.D. 2

 

C.D. 1

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO 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 sustain 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 correctional facility or community correctional center.

     (b)  The report in subsection (a) shall include the following information:

     (1)  The name of the decedent;

     (2)  Whether the decedent was an inmate or employee;

     (3)  The location of the death or injury leading to the death;

     (4)  The date and time of the death; and

     (5)  The cause of death;

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.



 

Report Title:

Correctional Facility Deaths; Reporting Requirements

 

Description:

Requires the director of public safety to report to the governor, and the governor to report to the legislature, any death of an inmate or correctional facility employee within forty-eight hours.  Requires the director of public safety to immediately report the official cause of death of the inmate or correctional facility employee to the governor and the governor to immediately report the official cause of death to the legislature.  (CD1)

 

 

 

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