Bill Text: HI HB1514 | 2017 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Relating To Social Services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-17 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Tokioka excused (2). [HB1514 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2017-HB1514-Amended.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1514

TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO SOCIAL SERVICES.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 346D-4.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

     "(c)  The State's supplemental payment for a needs allowance under subsection (a) shall be increased by an amount necessary to bring the allowance up to [$50] $         per month.  The payment under this section shall be afforded to an individual notwithstanding that the individual is incapacitated; provided that the moneys may be spent on behalf of the client, with a written accounting, by the operator of the residence or facility."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2075.


 


 

Report Title:

Social Services; Monthly Needs Allowance

 

Description:

Increases the monthly needs allowance for individuals residing in foster homes, care homes, domiciliary homes, and other long-term care facilities specified under section 346D‑4.5(a), HRS.  (HB1514 HD1)

 

 

 

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