HB2024

SECTION 1. Section 353-66, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§353-66 Terms and conditions of parole; suspension and revocation. (a) Every parole granted under this part to any prisoner shall be subject to the express condition, to be set forth in the official written notification of parole to the prisoner, but to be binding upon the prisoner in any event, that all or any portion of the prisoner's credits earned or to be earned may be forfeited by order of the Hawaii paroling authority in the event that the prisoner breaks the prisoner's parole or violates any law of the State or rule of the paroling authority or any of the terms or conditions of the prisoner's parole.

(b) Every parole granted under this part to any prisoner convicted of an offense related to a criminal street gang shall be subject to the express condition that the prisoner submit to monitoring by an electronic monitoring device if the electronic monitoring under this paragraph must provide for monitoring of the defendant's location and movements by global positioning system technology. The paroling authority shall require a defendant serving a period of parole with electronic monitoring as provided under this paragraph to pay all or a portion of the costs of the electronic monitoring, but only if the defendant has sufficient financial resources to pay the costs or a portion of the costs.

[~~(b)~~] (c) No parole shall be revoked and no credits forfeited without cause, which cause must be stated in the order revoking the parole, or forfeiting the credits after notice to the paroled prisoner of the paroled prisoner's alleged offense and an opportunity to be heard; provided that [~~when~~]:

(1) When a person is convicted in the State of a crime committed while on parole and is sentenced to imprisonment, or when it is shown by personal investigation that a parolee has left the State without permission from the paroling authority and due effort is made to reach the parolee by registered mail directed to the parolee's last known address, no hearing shall be required to revoke the parolee's parole; and [~~provided further that when~~]

(2) When any duly licensed psychiatrist or licensed psychologist finds that continuance on parole will not be in the best interests of a parolee or the community, the paroling authority, within the limitations of the sentence imposed, shall order the detention and treatment of the prisoner until such time as the prisoner shall be found by any duly licensed psychiatrist or licensed psychologist to be eligible for continuance on parole.

[~~(c)~~] (d) If any paroled prisoner leaves the State without permission from the paroling authority, or if the whereabouts of any paroled prisoner is not known to the paroling authority because of the neglect or failure of the prisoner to so inform it, the paroling authority may order the parole suspended pending apprehension. From and after the suspension of the parole of any paroled prisoner and until the paroled prisoner's return to custody, the paroled prisoner shall be deemed an escapee and a fugitive from justice, and no part of the time during which the paroled prisoner is an escapee and a fugitive from justice shall be part of the paroled prisoner's term.

[~~(d)~~] (e) The paroling authority [~~may~~], at any time, may order the arrest and temporary return to custody of any paroled prisoner, as provided in section 353-65, for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not there is sufficient cause to warrant the paroled prisoner's reimprisonment or the revoking of the paroled prisoner's parole or other action provided for by this part.

[~~(e)~~] (f) Any paroled prisoner retaken and reimprisoned as provided in this chapter shall be confined according to the paroled prisoner's sentence for that portion of the paroled prisoner's term remaining unserved at time of parole, but successive paroles [~~may~~], in the discretion of the paroling authority, may be granted to the prisoner during the life and in respect of the sentence.

[~~(f)~~] (g) The Hawaii paroling authority may require a paroled prisoner to undergo and complete a substance abuse treatment program when the paroled prisoner has committed a violation of the terms and conditions of parole involving possession or use, not including to distribute or manufacture as defined in section 712-1240, of any dangerous drug, detrimental drug, harmful drug, intoxicating compound, marijuana, or marijuana concentrate, as defined in section 712-1240, unlawful methamphetamine trafficking as provided in section 712-1240.6, or involving possession or use of drug paraphernalia under section 329-43.5. If the paroled prisoner fails to complete the substance abuse treatment program or the Hawaii paroling authority determines that the paroled prisoner cannot benefit from any substance abuse treatment program, the paroled prisoner shall be subject to revocation of parole and return to incarceration. As a condition of parole, the Hawaii paroling authority may require the paroled prisoner to:

(1) Be assessed by a certified substance abuse counselor for substance abuse dependency or abuse under the applicable Diagnostic and Statistical Manual and Addiction Severity Index;

(2) Present a proposal to receive substance abuse treatment in accordance with the treatment plan prepared by a certified substance abuse counselor through a substance abuse treatment program that includes an identified source of payment for the treatment program;

(3) Contribute to the cost of the substance abuse treatment program; and

(4) Comply with any other terms and conditions for parole.

As used in this subsection, "substance abuse treatment program" means drug or substance abuse treatment services provided outside a correctional facility by a public, private, or nonprofit entity that specializes in treating persons who are diagnosed with having substance abuse or dependency and preferably employs licensed professionals or certified substance abuse counselors.

Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to give rise to a cause of action against the State, a state employee, or a treatment provider."

SECTION 2. Section 706-624, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (1) to read as follows:

"(1) Mandatory conditions. The court shall provide, as an explicit condition of a sentence of probation[:] that the defendant:

(a) [~~That the defendant not~~] Not commit another federal or state crime or engage in criminal conduct in any foreign jurisdiction or under military jurisdiction that would constitute a crime under Hawaii law during the term of probation;

(b) [~~That the defendant report~~] Report to a probation officer as directed by the court or the probation officer;

(c) [~~That the defendant remain~~] Remain within the jurisdiction of the court, unless granted permission to leave by the court or a probation officer;

(d) [~~That the defendant notify~~] Notify a probation officer prior to any change in address or employment;

(e) [~~That the defendant notify~~] Notify a probation officer promptly if arrested or questioned by a law enforcement officer;

(f) [~~That the defendant permit~~] Permit a probation officer to visit the defendant at the defendant's home or elsewhere as specified by the court; [~~and~~]

(g) [~~That the defendant make~~] Make restitution for losses suffered by the victim or victims if the court has ordered restitution pursuant to section 706-646[.]; and

(h) Submit to monitoring by an electronic monitoring device if the offense was related to a criminal street gang and that fact has been proven or admitted. Electronic monitoring under this paragraph must provide for monitoring of the defendant's location and movements by global positioning system technology. The court shall require a defendant serving a period of probation with electronic monitoring as provided under this paragraph to pay all or a portion of the costs of the electronic monitoring, but only if the defendant has sufficient financial resources to pay the costs or a portion of the costs."

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2024
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008
STATE OF HAWAII