Bill Text: HI SB2289 | 2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Kalaupapa.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Enrolled) 2024-05-03 - Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830). [SB2289 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB2289-Amended.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
H.D. 2 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO KALAUPAPA.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 326-25.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§326-25.5[]] Annual report. The department of health shall submit a
report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of
each regular session that addresses the following with regard to Kalaupapa Settlement:
(1) The department's provision of medical and basic living needs of the patients;
(2) The department's progress toward defining and addressing the nonmedical needs of patients;
(3) The department's progress toward promoting a positive living environment;
(4) The department's management of state resources, including benefits given to employees that are not statutorily defined;
(5) The department's progress toward establishing written policies and procedures for Kalaupapa store;
(6) The department's progress toward establishing and maintaining a complaint file and adequately addressing complaints;
(7) The performance of the administrator, including compliance with job duties;
(8) The department's progress toward
adequate accountability of state property; [and]
(9) Details and justification of approved
employee air travel requests and trail pay[.];
(10) Details and updated information, as
available, regarding the permanent transfer to other governmental or qualified
non-governmental entities of the powers and duties of the department and any
other state agency over Kalaupapa Settlement; and
(11) Details including efforts of engagement by the department with Molokai community groups, including the addition of Ka Ohana O Kalaupapa and a non-governmental organization from the non-peninsular area of Molokai to be selected by the department in consultation with the non-peninsular area of the Molokai community."
SECTION 2. After all of the powers and duties of the department of health over Kalaupapa Settlement have been permanently transferred to other governmental agencies or qualified non-governmental organizations, the governor shall issue a proclamation to affirm the date of completion of the transfer. The governor shall also immediately deliver a copy of the proclamation to the revisor of statutes.
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; provided that on the first June 30 that occurs after the revisor of statutes receives a copy of the governor's proclamation, as described in section 2 of this Act, section 1 of this Act shall be repealed and section 326-25.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall be reenacted in the form in which it read on the day prior to the effective date of this Act.
Report Title:
DOH; Kalaupapa; Reports; Transfer; Powers; Duties; Community Engagement
Description:
Requires the Department of Health to include in its annual report regarding Kalaupapa Settlement details and updated information, as available, regarding the permanent transfer to other governmental or qualified non-governmental entities of the powers and duties of the Department over Kalaupapa Settlement. Requires the Department of Health to report on its community engagement efforts with community stakeholders and the Molokai community. Sunsets on the first 6/30 after the Revisor of Statutes receives a written gubernatorial proclamation that the referenced transfer is complete. (CD1)
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