HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2142
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO A SILVER ALERT program FOR MISSING SENIOR CITIZENS.

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

     SECTION 1.  The attorney general, with the cooperation and assistance of the respective county police department, the state civil defense agency, local broadcasters, and other relevant and appropriate state and county agencies, shall lead the development and implementation of a statewide silver alert program to be activated on behalf of a missing senior citizen in the appropriate county.

     SECTION 2.  To the greatest extent possible, the silver alert program shall be integrated with the preexisting Maile Amber alert program and partnership.

     SECTION 3.  A silver alert shall be issued if the following criteria are met:

     (1)  A county police department receives notice of a missing senior citizen from the family or legal guardian of the missing senior citizen;

     (2)  The senior citizen is domiciled in Hawaii, but the current location of the senior citizen is unknown;

     (3)  The senior citizen has an impaired mental condition, which can be documented by the family, legal guardian, or physician of the missing senior citizen; and

     (4)  Sufficient information is provided that indicates that the senior citizen's disappearance poses a credible threat to the health and safety of the senior citizen.

     SECTION 4.  The alert shall include all appropriate information provided by the respective county's police department, information that may lead to the safe recovery of the missing senior citizen, and a statement instructing any person with information related to the missing senior citizen to contact a local law enforcement agency and the contact information for that agency.

     SECTION 5.  For purposes of this Act:

     "Alert" means the countywide silver alert for missing senior citizens developed and implemented by this Act.

     "Local law enforcement agency" means the law enforcement agency having primary jurisdiction over the investigation of a missing senior citizen.

     "Senior citizen" means a person who is sixty-five years of age or older.

     SECTION 6.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2010.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Notification; silver alert

Description:

Directs creation and implementation of a silver alert program to be operated concurrently with the Maile Amber alert program.

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