Bill Text: HI SB1128 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Office Of Youth Services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-04-27 - Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-22 3:40PM; Conference Room 329. [SB1128 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-SB1128-Introduced.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO OFFICE OF YOUTH SERVICES.
BE IT ENACTED
BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 352D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section
to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§352D- Office
of youth services revolving fund; commercial enterprise vocational programs. (a)
There is established the office of youth services revolving fund to be administered
by the office of youth services. All moneys
collected from the sale of goods and services by individual vocational programs
that engage in commercial enterprise, the for-profit activity of providing goods
and services, and appropriations made by the legislature to the revolving fund shall
be deposited into the office of youth services revolving fund. The moneys in the revolving fund shall be used
for the purposes of vocational programs within the office of youth services as determined
by the office.
(b) The administrators
for each individual commercial enterprise vocational program shall determine the
prices at which all goods and services are sold. The prices shall be as near to the prevailing
market prices for similar goods and services as practicable.
(c) The commercial enterprise
vocational programs may market goods and services to both the public and private
sectors.
(d) The administrator for
each individual commercial enterprise vocational program shall ensure that the quality
of goods and services produced is comparable to similar goods and services available
from the private sector. For sales to the
State or the counties, the quality of the goods or services shall be consistent
with the specifications for the goods or services requested."
SECTION 2. Section 352D-3, Hawaii
Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "young adult at
risk" or "young adult" to read as follows:
""Young adult at risk" or "young adult" means
any adult between the ages of eighteen and twenty-four who has been arrested, or who has
had contact with the police, or who is experiencing social, emotional, psychological,
educational, or physical problems, and who is no longer eligible for child protective
services provided by the State due to the adult's age."
SECTION 3. Section 352D-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§352D-4 Establishment; purpose. There is established within the department of
human services for administrative purposes only the office of youth services. The office of youth services is established to
provide services and programs for youth at risk under one umbrella agency in order
to facilitate optimum service delivery, to prevent delinquency, and to reduce the
incidence of recidivism among juveniles through the provision of prevention, rehabilitation,
and treatment services. The office shall
also be responsible for program planning and development, intake/assessment, oversight,
as well as consultation, technical assistance, and staff training relating to the
delivery of services.
The office shall provide a continuum of
services as follows:
(1) An integrated intake/assessment
and case management system;
(2) The necessary educational, vocational, social counseling and mental
health services; provided that the department of education shall be the only provider
of standards-based education services for all youth at risk and young adults identified
with special education needs or actively receiving special education services, in
accordance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400
et seq.) and all applicable federal and state educational requirements;
(3) Community-based shelter and residential facilities;
(4) Oversight of youth services; [and]
(5) Commercial enterprise vocational programs for
young adults only; and
[(5)] (6) Other programs that encourage the development of positive
self-images and useful skills in youth[.] at risk and young adults.
The executive director of the office of youth services shall submit
annual reports to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening
of each regular session, reporting the services or programs funded pursuant to this
section, the number of youth at risk and young adults served by each service
or program, and the results of the services or programs funded.
To this end, on July 1, 1991, this office shall assume the responsibilities
for juvenile corrections functions, which were temporarily placed in the department
of corrections pursuant to Act 338, Session Laws of Hawaii 1987. These functions shall include but not be limited
to all responsibilities, under chapter 352, for the Hawaii youth correctional
facilities."
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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INTRODUCED BY: |
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BY REQUEST |
Report Title:
Office of Youth Services Revolving Fund; Commercial Enterprise Vocational Programs
Description:
Permits individual vocational programs within the purview of the Office of Youth Services to engage in commercial enterprises, including the sale of goods and services, for self-sustainability purposes, for young adults only. Establishes the Office of Youth Services Revolving Fund.
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
