Bill Text: HI HB983 | 2021 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To The Spouse And Child Abuse Special Fund.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-19 - 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) Har, Kong, Matayoshi excused (3). [HB983 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2021-HB983-Amended.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE SPOUSE AND CHILD ABUSE SPECIAL FUND.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds
that Congress passed the Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018 (Family First)
as part of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, Public Law 115-123. Family First changes the way states
may spend and claim funds pursuant to Title IV-E of the Social Security Act (Title
IV-E funds). Previously, Title IV-E funds
could only be used for foster care maintenance, adoption assistance, kinship guardianship
assistance, and related training and administrative
expenses. Family First provides reimbursement
of Title IV-E funds for child abuse and prevention services.
The
legislature further finds that Hawaii will soon submit its Family First Hawaii Plan
for federal review, and upon approval, Hawaii will have the option to use state
and Title IV‑E funds for prevention services that would allow children
who have been abused or neglected or are at risk of being abused or neglected to
remain with their parents or relatives.
Existing
law currently allows up to $3,000,000 to be retained in the spouse and child abuse
special fund. To maximize Hawaii's ability
to draw additional federal fund reimbursement available through Family First, the
department of human services needs a significant source of sustainable non‑federal
revenue to support spouse and child abuse and neglect prevention and intervention
services, including personnel costs. With
the projected loss of state revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting
economic crisis, an increase in the amount the spouse and child abuse special fund
the department is allowed to retain is necessary to meet the projected decrease
in general funds appropriations.
The
department of human services seeks to retain all unencumbered and unexpended funds
in the spouse and child abuse special fund up to $5,000,000, including Family First
federal reimbursements and Title IV-E federal reimbursements received in the fiscal
year following the year in which the funds were expended,
to secure a stable source of funding for spouse abuse, child abuse and neglect prevention,
intervention, and other services.
The purpose of this Act is to allow the spouse and child abuse special
fund to retain all unencumbered and unexpended moneys up to $5,000,000 including
Family First and Title IV-E federal reimbursements received in the fiscal year following
the year in which the funds were expended.
SECTION 2. Section 346-7.5,
Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending
subsection (e) to read as follows:
"(e) All unencumbered and unexpended
moneys in excess of [$3,000,000] $
in the spouse and child abuse special fund shall lapse to
the credit of the general fund. Upon dissolution
of the spouse and child abuse special fund, any unencumbered moneys in the fund
shall lapse to the general fund."
SECTION 3. Statutory
material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2060.
Report Title:
Spouse and Child Abuse Special Fund; DHS; Federal Reimbursements
Description:
Amends the spouse and child abuse special fund to allow up to a certain amount of federal reimbursements received from the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, in the year following the fiscal year in which Family First Prevention Services funds and the Title IV-E funds were expended to be deposited and retained. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD1)
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not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
