Report Title:

Appropriations; Health and Human Services

Description:

Appropriates from the emergency and budget reserve fund unspecified amounts for various health and human services. Extends lapse date of Act 45, SLH 2004, for appropriations. (CD1)

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

1620

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005

S.D. 2

STATE OF HAWAII

H.D. 2


C.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO STATE FUNDS.

 

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

SECTION 1. The legislature finds that expenditures from the emergency and budget reserve fund established by section 328L-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, are needed to meet the emergency economic situation currently facing the State. The legislature determines that the moneys are urgently needed to maintain levels of programs that are essential to the public health, safety, and welfare. The legislature further finds that the grants and subsidies under this Act are in the public interest and serve the public health, safety, and welfare.

The legislature further finds that portions of the grants and subsidies under Act 45, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004, have not been expended or otherwise encumbered, and those moneys should be utilized to reduce the appropriations under this Act.

SECTION 2. The appropriations contained in the following sections of Act 45, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004, for fiscal year 2004-2005, shall not lapse on June 30, 2005; provided that all moneys from the appropriations that are unencumbered as of June 30, 2007, shall lapse as of that date:

(1) Section 2, appropriation to Hale Mahaolu;

(2) Section 4, appropriation to Hawaii Youth Services Network;

(3) Section 29, appropriation to Family Support Services of West Hawaii;

(4) Section 30, appropriation to Friends of Foster Kids;

(5) Section 31, appropriation to Na Lei Wili Area Health Education Center;

(6) Section 34, appropriation to Parents and Children Together;

(7) Section 36, appropriation to the Boys and Girls Club of Hawaii, as amended by this Act;

(8) Section 39, appropriation to Ho'omau Ke Ola, as amended by this Act; and

(9) Section 41, appropriation to Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services.

SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the emergency and budget reserve fund the sum of $208,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2005-2006 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2006-2007 as a purchase of service pursuant to chapter 103F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to provide treatment services for child victims of intrafamilial sexual abuse, including pyschological treatment and case management services for child victims and their families who are not covered under the child protective services system of the department of human services.

The sums appropriated shall be expended by the judiciary via the children's justice center in accordance with chapter 103F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for the purposes of this section.

SECTION 4. There is appropriated out of the emergency and budget reserve fund the sum of $636,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2005-2006, as a grant pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to the Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children Sex Abuse Treatment Center for the provision of sexual assault direct services throughout Hawaii.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of health for the purposes of this section.

SECTION 5. There is appropriated out of the emergency and budget reserve fund the sum of $100,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2005-2006, as a grant pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Honolulu for the Lanakila Multi-Purpose Senior Center.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of health for the purposes of this section.

SECTION 6. There is appropriated out of the emergency and budget reserve fund the sum of $25,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2005-2006, as a grant pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for the senior center program at the Moiliili Community Center.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of health for the purposes of this section.

SECTION 7. There is appropriated out of the emergency and budget reserve fund the sum of $55,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2005-2006, as a grant pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for the senior support program at the Waikiki Community Center.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of health for the purposes of this section.

SECTION 8. There is appropriated out of the emergency and budget reserve fund the sum of $120,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2005-2006, as a subsidy pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to the St. Francis Medical Center for the operations of the bone marrow registry.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of health for the purposes of this section.

SECTION 9. There is appropriated out of the emergency and budget reserve fund the sum of $450,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2005-2006, as a grant pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for staff salaries including a full-time physician, a half-time psychologist, two full-time nurses, one substance and abuse counselor, and other support staff necessary for the operation of the West Hawaii community health center located in Kailua-Kona on the island of Hawaii.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of health for the purposes of this section.

SECTION 10. There is appropriated out of the emergency and budget reserve fund the sum of $750,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2005-2006, as a grant pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for emergency room subsidy at the Waianae District Comprehensive Health and Hospital Board Inc. dba Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of health for the purposes of this section.

SECTION 11. There is appropriated out of the emergency and budget reserve fund the sum of $2,250,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2005-2006, as grants pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for indigent care:

Hana Community Health Center $750,000

Kahuku Hospital $750,000

Molokai General Hospital $750,000

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of health for the purposes of this section.

SECTION 12. There is appropriated out of the emergency and budget reserve fund the sum of $200,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2005-2006, as a grant pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for dental health services for the indigent at the Oral Health Institute of the Pacific.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of health for the purposes of this section.

SECTION 13. There is appropriated out of the emergency and budget reserve fund the sum of $250,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2005-2006, as a grant pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to the Hawaii Primary Care Association to pay for technology, acquisition, expansion, or upgrading of facilities and equipment necessary to provide dental services at federally qualified health centers.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of health for the purposes of this section.

SECTION 14. There is appropriated out of the emergency and budget reserve fund the sum of $485,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2005-2006, for payment of residential services provided by developmental disabilities domiciliary homes and developmental disabilities apartment complexes.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of health for the purposes of this section.

SECTION 15. There is appropriated out of the emergency and budget reserve fund the sum of $900,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2005-2006, for the purpose of supporting and expanding the chore services program so that this program can continue to provide high-quality elder care as well as disabled services to Hawaii's elderly and disabled populations.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of human services for the purposes of this section.

SECTION 16. There is appropriated out of the emergency and budget reserve fund the sum of $500,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2005-2006, as a grant pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to the Hawaii Youth Services Network for its Transitional Living Program for Unserved Street Youth.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the office of youth services of the department of human services for the purposes of this section.

SECTION 17. There is appropriated out of the emergency and budget reserve fund the sum of $250,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2005-2006, as a grant pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for home instruction for parents of pre-school children in West Hawaii by the Family Support Services of West Hawaii.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of human services for the purposes of this section.

SECTION 18. There is appropriated out of the emergency and budget reserve fund the sum of $96,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2005-2006, as a grant pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for Hale Mahaolu.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of human services for the purposes of this section.

SECTION 19. There is appropriated out of the emergency and budget reserve fund the sum of $250,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2005-2006, as a grant pursuant to Chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for the Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children for the Kapiolani C.A.R.E. program.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of human services for the purposes of this section.

SECTION 20. Act 45, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004, is amended by amending section 36 to read as follows:

"SECTION 36. There is appropriated out of the emergency and budget reserve fund the sum of $85,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2004-2005 as a grant pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to the Boys and Girls Club of Hawaii to assist in the completion and operations of the Teen Center at Nanakuli high and intermediate school.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the office of youth services, department of human services, for the purposes of this section."

SECTION 21. There is appropriated out of the emergency and budget reserve fund the sum of $175,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2005-2006, as a grant pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for the Domestic Violence Legal Hotline for Maui program services.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the judiciary, circuit court of the second circuit, for the purposes of this section.

SECTION 22. There is appropriated out of the emergency and budget reserve fund the sum of $1,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2005-2006, for costs related to homeless assistance, to be expended as follows:

(1) $935,000 shall be expended by the housing and community development corporation of Hawaii in accordance with chapter 103F, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

(2) $65,000, as a grant pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to the Honolulu Community Action Program, Inc., for personnel to provide supervision and outreach services to the homeless temporarily housed at designated public locations on Oahu, including public parks, unused government facilities, and abandoned military facilities, in a manner consistent with health and safety rules, to be expended by the department of labor and industrial relations.

SECTION 23. There is appropriated out of the emergency and budget reserve fund the sum of $170,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2005-2006 as a grant pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for Maui Economic Opportunity, Inc., and its night transportation service for dialysis treatment programs in Maui county.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the office of community services of the department of labor and industrial relations for the purposes of this section.

SECTION 24. Act 45, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004, is amended by amending section 39 to read as follows:

"SECTION 39. There is appropriated out of the emergency and budget reserve fund the sum of $25,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2004-2005 as a grant pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to Ho'omau Ke Ola for the Weed and Seed Program to collaborate with and support existing programs on the Waianae Coast.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the office of community services, department of labor and industrial relations, for the purposes of this section."

SECTION 25. There is appropriated out of the emergency and budget reserve fund the sum of $100,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2005-2006, for a grant pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to Kokua Legal Services, Inc., to provide legal and housing assistance to low-income families.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the office of community services, department of labor and industrial relations, for the purposes of this section.

SECTION 26. There is appropriated out of the emergency and budget reserve fund the sum of $30,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2005-2006, for nurse training, including a clinical component, teaching by qualified instructors, nurses review course, and certified nursing assistance course. The training shall target students who are registered nurses who have not been previously employed as nurses; graduates of nursing schools, including foreign nursing schools, who are preparing for the licensure examination; certified nursing assistant students; and graduates of a certified nursing assistant school program. There shall be a nurse recruitment component of the training to recruit qualified nurses from foreign countries and to recruit and train qualified nursing instructors.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the Kapiolani Community College, University of Hawaii, for purposes of this section.

SECTION 27. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2005; provided that section 2 of this Act shall take effect on June 30, 2005.