THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2718

TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014

S.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO THE HAWAII CHILDREN'S TRUST FUND.

 

 

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

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 350B-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "[[]§350B-4[]]  Hawaii children's trust fund advisory board.  (a)  There shall be a Hawaii children's trust fund advisory board, which shall [make the final recommendations to the Hawaii Community Foundation for the expenditure of funds] have responsibility for the following activities:

     (1)  [Grantmaking with private nonprofit organizations, public agencies, or qualified individuals to provide community-based services and education designed to strengthen families to prevent child abuse and neglect;] Establish criteria and guidelines for grantmaking;

     (2)  [Grantmaking to raise community awareness of the trust fund; and] Make final recommendations to the Hawaii Community Foundation for the expenditure of funds for:

         (A)  Grants to private nonprofit organizations, public agencies, or qualified individuals to provide community-based services and education designed to strengthen families to prevent child abuse and neglect;

         (B)  Grants to raise community awareness of the trust fund; and

     [(3)] (C)  Administration of the trust fund[.];

     (3)  Partner with other nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and other entities on the development and implementation of a statewide strategic plan for the prevention of child abuse and neglect;

     (4)  Identify problem areas in Hawaii's child abuse and neglect prevention system and implement strategies for resolving the problems;

     (5)  Facilitate efforts that effectively address child abuse and neglect in Hawaii; and

     (6)  Collaborate with public agencies and nonprofit organizations to develop and revise policies and regulations that lead to more effective child abuse and neglect prevention programs and services.

     (b)  The board shall consist of [seven] fifteen members to be appointed as follows:

     (1)  One member shall be selected by the Hawaii Community Foundation to serve for a term of three years.  This member may not serve more than two consecutive terms[.];

     (2)  [Three members] One member shall be appointed by the governor [from a list of names of seven persons submitted by the Hawaii Community Foundation.  Each of these three members shall serve for a term of three years, except that the terms of the initial board members shall be staggered as follows: one member shall be appointed to a one-year term, one member shall be appointed to a two-year term, and one member shall be appointed to a three-year term.  None of these three members] to serve for a term of three years.  This member shall not serve for more than two consecutive terms[.];

     (3)  One member shall be appointed from among the members of the senate by the president of the senate, to serve until the expiration of the member's term in the senate during which the member is appointed[.];

     (4)  One member shall be appointed from among the members of the house of representatives by the speaker of the house to serve until the expiration of the member's term in the house of representatives during which the member is appointed[.];

     (5)  One member shall be the director of health or the director's designee[.];

     (6)  One member shall be the director of human services or the director's designee;

     (7)  One member shall be the executive director of the office of youth services or the executive director's designee;

     (8)  One member shall be the superintendent of education or the superintendent's designee;

     (9)  One member shall be the chief justice of the judiciary or the chief justice's designee;

    (10)  One member shall be the director of the executive office on early learning or the director's designee;

    (11)  Four members shall be selected by the Hawaii children's trust fund coalition to serve three year terms and to represent the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui, and the city and county of Honolulu; and

    (12)  One member shall be selected by the Hawaii children's trust fund coalition to serve for a term of three years to represent survivors of child abuse and neglect."

     SECTION 2.  Section 350B-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "[[]§350B-5[]]  Hawaii children's trust fund coalition.  There shall be a Hawaii children's trust fund coalition, which[, through its advisory committee, shall develop policy, planning, strategy, and publicize the fund, as well as solicit public and private moneys for the fund.  The coalition] shall serve as a forum for addressing the issue of family strengthening, and for promoting strategies and statewide planning for the prevention of child abuse and neglect.  Membership in the coalition shall be open to any representative of any agency and any individual committed to strengthening families to prevent child abuse and neglect.  The coalition shall have responsibility for the following activities:

     (1)  Maintain a communication network among coalition members to share trends, best practices, data, training and workshops, and other information relating to child abuse and neglect;

     (2)  Encourage collaboration among coalition members to comprehensively address child abuse and neglect across agencies and at the community, county, and state levels;

     (3)  Identify where resources can be leveraged and duplication reduced, and implement actions to achieve these outcomes to develop a quality child abuse and neglect prevention system;

     (4)  Inform the Hawaii children's trust fund advisory board of problem areas and where resources are needed in addressing child abuse and neglect in Hawaii; and

     (5)  Work with the Hawaii children's trust fund advisory board to develop the infrastructure, human capital, and programs that will strengthen families and ensure that all of Hawaii's children will be free of abuse and neglect."

     SECTION 3.  Section 350B-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed.

     ["§350B-6  Hawaii children's trust fund advisory committee.  (a)  There shall be an advisory committee of the Hawaii children's trust fund coalition.  The advisory committee shall provide leadership for the coalition.  Members of the advisory committee shall be initially selected prior to December 1, 1993.

     (b)  The advisory committee shall perform the following functions:

     (1)  Promote statewide planning and strategies for strengthening families with the intent of preventing child abuse and neglect;

     (2)  Establish criteria and guidelines for grantmaking for the board;

     (3)  Publicize the fund and solicit moneys from public and private sources, in collaboration with the board;

     (4)  Advise the department of health on matters involving the prevention of child abuse and neglect; and

     (5)  Facilitate the exchange of information between groups concerned with families and children.

     (c)  The advisory committee shall include private and public members.  Public sector representation shall include the department of health, department of human services, department of education, office of youth services, and the judiciary.  The coalition shall elect the private sector representatives, whose membership shall equal one more than the number of public sector representatives.

     (d)  Each member of the advisory committee shall have one vote, except that the representative of the department of health shall not vote on matters relating to advising the department of health.  The advisory committee shall elect its officers."]

     SECTION 4.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

 

 

Report Title:

Hawaii Children's Trust Fund Advisory Board; Hawaii Children's Trust Fund Coalition; Hawaii Children's Trust Fund Advisory Committee

 

Description:

Amends and establishes new responsibilities and members for the Hawaii children's trust fund advisory board.  Amends responsibilities of the Hawaii children's trust fund coalition.  Eliminates the Hawaii children's trust fund advisory committee.  (Proposed SD1)

 

 

 

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