Bill Text: HI SB2858 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Public Safety.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-07-05 - Act 084, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1185). [SB2858 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB2858-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Act 8, First Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2007 (Act 8), enacted the Community Safety Act, which was codified as chapter 353H, Hawaii Revised Statutes. The Community Safety Act established a comprehensive offender reentry system under the purview of the department of public safety. Act 8 also required the department of public safety to submit to the legislature annual reports through 2010 relating to the implementation, progress, and effectiveness of the program components specified in Act 8.
While the department of public safety's annual report lists program activities and statistics, it does not include information on program outcomes. The legislature finds that performance indicators are an effective way to track the progress of the comprehensive reentry system and to reflect any change to the department's approach to rehabilitation and reentry as mandated by Act 8.
The purpose of this Act is to:
(1) Require the department of public safety to establish key performance indicators or measures to be incorporated in reports that evaluate the department's efforts to improve offender reentry and rehabilitation; and
(2) Consolidate into one report other specified reports of the department of public safety.
SECTION 2. Chapter 353, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§353‑
Annual corrections and program report. (a)
No later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular
session, beginning with the regular session of 2019, the department shall
submit an annual corrections and program report, among other reports that may be
required from time to time, that consolidates into one report the reports
required by the following laws:
(1) Act 144,
Session Laws of Hawaii 2007, section 4, relating to mental health services for
committed persons;
(2) Act 213,
Session Laws of Hawaii 2007, section 105, relating to mental health services at
certain correctional facilities;
(3) Act 240,
Session Laws of Hawaii 2008, section 5, relating to children of incarcerated
persons;
(4) Act 193,
Session Laws of Hawaii 2010, relating to cognitive restructuring;
(5) Section 353H‑ ,
relating to key performance indicators; and
(6) Section 367D-8,
relating to gender-responsive programs for women;
provided that the repeal or expiration of any
individual reporting requirement described in paragraphs (1) through (6) shall
not repeal or otherwise affect the department's duty to submit the same report
pursuant to this section.
(b) The department shall post the report electronically on the department's website in a timely manner."
SECTION 3. Chapter 353H, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§353H‑
Key performance indicators; reporting. (a)
The department shall develop key performance indicators that accurately
reflect progress toward specific goals, including:
(1) Reducing the
rate of recidivism;
(2) Decreasing
prisoner assaults on correctional staff;
(3) Reducing
correctional staff turnover; and
(4) Improving departmental efficiencies in staffing, budgeting, and data management and analysis.
(b) The department shall submit a report to the
legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular
session, beginning with the regular session of 2019. Each report shall reference key performance
indicators for that period that track rehabilitation and reentry efforts for
individuals who are prepared to exit the correctional system.
(c) The key performance indicators shall include:
(1) The total
number of intakes, by month, including how many intakes in each month have been
in the system within the last year and the last five years;
(2) Offender
demographics, including gender, race, age, crime type, and whether the offender
was placed in jail or prison;
(3) The number of
individuals who have obtained a high school diploma by successfully completing
the general educational development test or an equivalent competency-based
diploma;
(4) The number of
individuals who received vocational training or rehabilitation and the type of
vocational training or rehabilitation;
(5) The number of
inmates with substance abuse problems, including the type of dependence or
addiction, the total number of inmates with substance abuse problems, and the
total number of inmates with no reported substance issues;
(6) Drug test
failure rates of inmates while incarcerated and while on parole;
(7) The number of
individuals who have completed a drug treatment program provided by the
department;
(8) The number of individuals
who have completed restorative circles;
(9) The cost per
inmate per day, per facility;
(10) The median
length of stay, excluding inmates who have life or parole sentences;
(11) The total
number of inmates released, by month;
(12) The number of
individuals for whom a reentry plan is filed and the number of individuals who
exit jail or prison with a reentry plan; and
(13) The prison population forecast for the next decade.
(d) The department shall post the
reports electronically on the department's website in a timely manner."
SECTION 4. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Inmate Rehabilitation; Reentry System; Performance Indicators
Description:
Requires the Department of Public Safety to establish key performance indicators for inmate reentry system. Requires reports, using key performance indicators, to be provided to the legislature. Creates the annual corrections and program report as a consolidated report of other annual reports.
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not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
