Bill Text: HI HB2333 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Statewide Integrated Adult Sex Offender Treatment Program
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2014-04-23 - Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-14 4:00PM in conference room 312. [HB2333 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-HB2333-Introduced.html
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
2333 |
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE INTEGRATED SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT PROGRAM.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 353E-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§353E-1[]]
Sex offender treatment; statewide program established. There is
established a statewide, integrated program for the treatment of adult and juvenile
sex offenders in the custody of the State to be implemented on a cooperative
basis by the department of public safety, the judiciary, and the Hawaii
paroling authority, and any other agency that may be assigned sex offender
oversight responsibilities. The agencies shall:
(1) Develop and continually update, as necessary, a
comprehensive statewide master plan for the assessment, evaluation, treatment,
and supervision of sex offenders that provides for a continuum of programs
under a [uniform treatment] best practices philosophy;
(2) Develop and implement a statewide, integrated system of sex offender assessment, evaluation, treatment, and supervision services and programs that reflect the goals and objectives of the master plan;
(3) Identify all offenders in their custody who would benefit from sex offender treatment;
(4) Work cooperatively to monitor and evaluate the development and implementation of sex offender treatment programs and services;
(5) Develop appropriate training and education programs for public and private providers of sex offender treatment, assessment, evaluation, and supervision services;
(6) Conduct research and compile relevant data on sex offenders;
(7) Work cooperatively to develop a statewide management information system for sex offender treatment;
(8) Make every effort to secure grant funds for research, program development, training, and public education in the area of sex assault prevention;
(9) Network with public and private agencies that
come into contact with sex offenders to keep abreast of issues that impact [on,]
and increase community awareness regarding[,] the statewide sex offender
treatment program;
(10) As far as practicable, share information and pool
resources to carry out responsibilities under this chapter; [and]
(11) Coordinate their funding requests for sex offender
treatment
programs to deter competition for resources that might result in an imbalance
in program development that is detrimental to the master plan treatment concept[.];
and
(12) Develop and implement standards and guidelines for the assessment, evaluation, treatment, and supervision of sex offenders."
SECTION 2. Section 353E-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§353E-2 Interagency
coordination. (a) To carry out their
responsibilities under section 353E-1, the department of public safety, Hawaii
paroling authority, judiciary, department of health, department of human
services, and any other agency assigned sex offender oversight responsibilities
by law or administrative order, shall establish, by an interagency cooperative
agreement, a coordinating body, to be known as the sex offender management
team, to oversee the development and implementation of sex offender
treatment programs in the State [to ensure compliance with the intent of the
master plan developed under] consistent with section 353E-1(1). The
interagency cooperative agreement shall set forth the role of the coordinating
body and the responsibilities of each agency that is a party to the agreement.
(b) The department of public safety shall be the lead agency for the statewide sex offender treatment program. As the lead agency, the department shall act as facilitator of the coordinating body, the sex offender management team, by providing administrative support to the coordinating body.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, for purposes of sex offender treatment and community supervision, any agency that is part of the interagency cooperative agreement shall provide, upon the request of any other participating agency, all relevant criminal, parole, medical, psychological, or mental health records of any offender receiving supervision or treatment while under custody of the State. Records received by a participating agency under this section shall be confidential and shall be disclosed by the receiving agency only for the purposes and under the circumstances expressly authorized by this section. Any agency providing records under this section shall document the disclosures made under this section, including the name of the agency to which the record is disclosed, the title of the record disclosed, and the date of disclosure.
(d) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the statewide integrated sex offender treatment program established by this chapter is not subject to the requirements of chapter 92."
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.
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BY REQUEST |
Report Title:
Statewide Integrated Sex Offender Treatment Program
Description:
Amends Chapter 353E, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), to include juveniles, to reflect nationally recognized best practices in the statewide, integrated programming for sex offenders, and to identify the coordinating body for the sex offender treatment program as the "Sex Offender Management Team." Exempts the Program from the requirements of Chapter 92, HRS.
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