HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2389
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		S.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO THE FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT MAXIMIZATION SPECIAL FUND.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 353C-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "(b)  Moneys in the federal reimbursement maximization special fund shall be used by the department for the following purposes:

     (1)  To meet the state match requirement for federal grants and costs associated with federal grant reporting requirements, including administrative expenses such as the hiring of temporary staff;

     (2)  For any other purpose deemed necessary by the department for maintaining existing federal grants as well as pursuing federal grants;

     (3)  To hire consultants to provide training for corrections officers;

     (4)  To hire consultants to conduct facility or program evaluations;

     (5)  To rent or purchase vehicles to transport inmates;

     (6)  To provide pre-release and reentry programs;

     (7)  To improve technology; and

     (8)  [To develop a plan for workforce recruitment and retention.] To recruit and retain corrections workforce."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2030.

Report Title:

Federal Reimbursement Maximization Special Fund

Description:

Allows use of the Federal Reimbursement Maximization Special Fund to recruit and maintain corrections workforce.  Effective 7/1/2030.  (HB2389 SD1)

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