SB2123 SD2.DOC

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2123
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012		S.D. 2
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

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

SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to alleviate the current gap in service for survivors of human trafficking by proposing a comprehensive plan that coordinates relevant state-funded programs.

SECTION 2. (a) There is established a working group within the department of the attorney general to develop a comprehensive state plan to coordinate services for survivors of human trafficking.

(b) The attorney general or the attorney general's designee shall oversee the working group and shall coordinate the development of the state plan on services for survivors of human trafficking. The working group shall consist of the following members or their designee:

(1) The director of human services;

(2) The executive director of the office of community services;

(3) A representative from the police department and the office of the prosecuting attorney of each county;

(4) Representatives from health care providers, social service agencies, and housing providers shall be requested to serve by the attorney general; and

(5) Other interested stakeholders may be selected by the attorney general.

(c) The working group shall create a state plan on the coordination of services for survivors of human trafficking. The activities of the working group shall include but not be limited to:

(1) Gathering and disseminating information to law enforcement agencies and the offices of the prosecuting attorney in each county, the department of the attorney general, the department of human services, the office of community services, nonprofit organizations, and the public on available services for survivors of human trafficking. Services for survivors of human trafficking shall include but not be limited to:

(A) Case management;

(B) Emergency temporary housing;

(D) Mental health counseling;

(E) Drug addiction screening and treatment;

(F) Language interpretation and translation services;

(G) English language instruction;

(H) Job training and placement assistance;

(I) Post-employment services and job retention;

(J) Transportation services; and

(K) Services to assist the individual and any of the individual's family members to establish permanent residency in the State of Hawaii or other localities in the United States;

(2) Identifying a single point of access for individuals or organizations that need assistance or guidance in navigating the processes and regulations of state agencies on services for survivors of human trafficking or projects that promote services for survivors of human trafficking;

(3) Designating the department of human services as the appropriate agency to provide services to income-qualified, United States citizens and "qualified immigrants" who are survivors of human trafficking and the office of community services as the appropriate agency to provide services to "disadvantaged, refugee, and immigrant" survivors of human trafficking;

(4) Identifying a single executive department or a division within a department to establish a program for coordinating services for survivors of human trafficking; and

(5) Proposing legislation and making recommendations to the governor regarding human trafficking.

(d) The attorney general shall submit a report of the working group's activities, including recommendations and proposed legislation, if any, to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2014. The working group shall dissolve on June 30, 2014.

(e) For the purposes of this Act, "survivor of human trafficking" means a person:

(1) Who has had or now has the condition or status of debt bondage, involuntary servitude, severe forms of trafficking in persons, or sex trafficking, as those terms are defined in title 22 United States Code section 7102;

(2) Whose prostitution was promoted or advanced by any of the means set forth in section 712-1202(1), Hawaii Revised Statutes; or

(3) Who was subject to performing labor or services by any of the means described in section 707-781(1), Hawaii Revised Statutes.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.