Bill Text: HI SCR28 | 2011 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Prompt Payment Task Force; 2012 Report

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-06 - (S) Certified copies of resolutions sent, 06-06-11. [SCR28 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2011-SCR28-Amended.html

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THE SENATE	S.C.R. NO.	28
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011		S.D. 2
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

Requesting the establishment of a Prompt Payment Task Force to examine and resolve issues that prevent state agencies from making prompt payment for goods and services purchased through nonprofit organizations, particularly human service nonprofit organizations, that deliver pivotal goods and services to individuals, families, and communities.

 

 

     WHEREAS, nationally, state and local governments contract with nonprofit organizations – particularly human service organizations – to deliver pivotal services to individuals, families, and communities; and

 

     WHEREAS, in October 2010, the Urban Institute released three related reports, including a "National Study of Nonprofit‑­Government Contracting, State Profiles", which outlined a variety of problems faced by these nonprofits; and

 

     WHEREAS, nationally, nearly thirty-three thousand human service providers had almost two hundred thousand government contracts in 2009; and

 

     WHEREAS, despite the prevalence and importance of government contracting, most nonprofits experienced some problems with their government contracts and grants; and

 

     WHEREAS, key problems included payments not covering full program costs, complex and time-consuming applications and reporting, changes to contractual and grant agreements, and late payments; and

 

     WHEREAS, in Hawaii, one hundred and sixty-one human service nonprofits provided services to state and county government in 2009, and fifty per cent of the nonprofits reported problems with late payments, which is substantially higher than the national average of forty-one per cent; and

 

     WHEREAS, nonprofits are not alone in dealing with the problems outlined in the Urban Institute data; and

 

     WHEREAS, small businesses that contract with governments report the same concerns and face the same negative consequences, and both nonprofits and businesses struggle to make ends meet in an economy that continues to falter; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-sixth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2011, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Comptroller is requested to establish a prompt payment task force; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Comptroller is requested to invite the initial members of the task force, including at least one member from each of the following:

 

     (1)  The State Procurement Office of the Department of Accounting and General Services;

 

     (2)  The Department of Budget and Finance;

 

     (3)  The Department of Health;

 

     (4)  The Department of Human Services;

 

     (5)  The Hawaii Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations;

 

     (6)  The Building Industry Association of Hawaii or The Pacific Resource Partnership;

 

     (7)  The Senate Committee on Economic Development and Technology;

 

     (8)  The Senate Committee on Human Services;

 

     (9)  The Senate Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs;

 

    (10)  The House of Representatives Committee on Economic Revitalization and Business;

 

    (11)  The House of Representatives Committee on Human Services; and

 

    (12)  The House of Representatives Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the prompt payment task force is requested to examine and resolve issues that prevent state agencies from making prompt payment for goods and services purchased through nonprofit organizations, particularly human service nonprofit organizations, that deliver pivotal goods and services to individuals, families, and communities; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the prompt payment task force is requested to submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2012; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the prompt payment task force, upon the request of the Legislature, participate in a joint informational briefing to discuss its report; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Comptroller; the Administrator of the State Procurement Office, Department of Accounting and General Services; the Director of Finance; the Director of Health; the Director of Human Services; the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Hawaii Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations; the President of the Building Industry Association of Hawaii; the Executive Director of The Pacific Resource Partnership; the Chair of the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Technology; the Chair of the Senate Committee on Human Services; the Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs; the Chair of the House of Representatives Committee on Economic Revitalization and Business; the Chair of the House of Representatives Committee on Human Services; and the Chair of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs.

Report Title: 

Prompt Payment Task Force; 2012 Report