Bill Text: HI SB2858 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
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-Amended.html
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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. The legislature finds that Act 8, First Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2007 (Act 8), enacted the Community Safety Act, which is 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.
The legislature notes that while the department of public safety's annual reports required by Act 8 listed program activities and statistics, they did 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 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, codified as section 353C-2(b), relating
to mental health services for committed persons;
(2) Act 193,
Session Laws of Hawaii 2010, relating to cognitive restructuring;
(3) Section 353H‑ ,
relating to key performance indicators; and
(4) 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 (4) shall
not repeal or otherwise affect the department's duty to submit the consolidated
report pursuant to this section with the content required for the remaining
reporting requirements that have not been repealed or expired.
(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 include in its annual
report to the legislature pursuant to section 353- a report section that shall reference key
performance indicators for the fiscal year that ended before the report. The section shall 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 by facility in each
month have been in the system within the last fiscal year;
(2) Offender
population counts by facility for each month of the fiscal year;
(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 programming;
(5) The number of
inmates assessed with substance abuse problems, and the total number of inmates
assessed with no reported substance issues;
(6) Drug test
failure rates of inmates while incarcerated;
(7) The number of
individuals who have completed a drug treatment program provided by the
department;
(8) The number of
individuals who have completed drug education classes and out-patient treatment
services;
(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 by max out or parole;
(12) The number of
individuals who applied for reduction of minimum inclusive of approval or
denial by jurisdiction and month, the number of parole revocation hearings
approved or denied per month, and 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;
(13) The total
number of pretrial detainees and the number of pretrial detainees admitted each
month by type of crime, bail amount, risk assessed, gender, race, and age;
(14) The number of
pretrial detainees released or discharged each month and the reason for the
release or discharge by type of crime, bail amount, risk assessed, gender,
race, and age;
(15) The average
length of stay for pretrial detainees by reason for release or discharge, type
of crime, bail amount, risk assessed, gender, race, and age;
(16) The number of
pretrial detainees held on cash bail by type of crime, bail amount, risk assessed,
gender, race, and age;
(17) The average
amount of time for completing and verifying pretrial risk assessment by type of
crime, bail amount, risk assessed, gender, race, and age; and
(18) The number of pretrial detainees readmitted by reason for release, reason for readmission, type of crime, bail amount, risk assessed, gender, race, and age."
SECTION 4. Section 353C-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"[[](b)[]] The
department of public safety shall include in its annual report to the
legislature [not later than twenty days prior to the commencement of the
2008 regular session, and every session thereafter, with] pursuant to
section 353- a report section that
includes its achievements, continuing improvements, and ongoing problems in
providing the appropriate mental health care to committed persons under its
jurisdiction."
SECTION 5. Section 367D-8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§367D-8 Annual report. The department of
public safety and the office of youth services shall [submit an] include
in its annual report to the legislature [no later than twenty days
before the convening of each regular session] pursuant to section
353- a report section on the
following areas: program descriptions,
type and costs of contracts made, name of the private agency awarded each
contract, and the success of each contract in meeting program
specifications. The report section
shall detail the development of the comprehensive continuum of care to address
the gender-responsive needs of Hawaii's female offenders and female adjudicated
youth both in-state and abroad. The
report section shall also highlight the existing gaps in the system and
include recommendations for resources needed to reach a seamless continuum of
care and other relevant information concerning the creation of a
gender-responsive environment for female offenders and female adjudicated
youth."
SECTION 6. Act 193, Session Laws of Hawaii 2010, is amended by amending subsection (c) of section 2 to read as follows:
"(c) The department of public safety shall [submit
an] include in its annual report to the legislature pursuant
to section 353- , Hawaii Revised
Statutes, a report section on these programs in Hawaii's correctional
facilities [no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular
session, beginning with the regular session of 2011].
The [annual]
report section shall include but not be limited to:
(1) Descriptions of the various programs;
(2) Criteria for access/entry to the programs;
(3) The number of native Hawaiians who participated in the programs;
(4) The number of non-Hawaiians who participated in the programs;
(5) The number of native Hawaiians who completed the programs;
(6) The number of non-Hawaiians who completed the programs;
(7) The number of participants paroled/"maxed out";
(8) Recidivism after three months, six months, nine months, and one year; and
(9) Successes and challenges in administering the programs."
SECTION 7. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 8. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
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. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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