Bill Text: HI SB2918 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Federal Reimbursement Maximization Special Fund

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-29 - Referred to PSM/JDL, WAM. [SB2918 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2016-SB2918-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2918
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO THE FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT MAXIMIZATION SPECIAL FUND.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 353C-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "(b)  Moneys in the federal reimbursement maximization special fund shall be used by the department for the following purposes:

     (1)  To meet the state match requirement for federal grants and costs associated with federal grant reporting requirements, including administrative expenses such as the hiring of temporary staff;

     (2)  For any other purpose deemed necessary by the department for maintaining existing federal grants as well as pursuing federal grants;

     (3)  To hire consultants to provide training for corrections officers;

     (4)  To hire consultants to conduct facility or program evaluations;

     (5)  To rent or purchase vehicles to transport inmates;

     (6)  To provide pre-release and reentry programs;

     (7)  To improve technology; and

     (8)  [To develop a plan for] For corrections workforce recruitment and retention."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act, upon its approval, shall take effect on July 1, 2016.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________
	BY REQUEST

 

 

Report Title:

Federal Reimbursement Maximization Special Fund

 

Description:

Allows the use of the Federal Reimbursement Maximization Special Fund for corrections workforce recruitment and retention.

 

 

 

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