HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

491

TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

Making an appropriation to implement the recommendations of the task force on mobility management, established pursuant to Act 214, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Act 214, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013, established a task force on mobility management within the department of health.  The task force is required to make recommendations on establishing a transportation framework to assist elders and individuals with disabilities with transportation needs in each county, including recommendations relating to the state budget and program development.

     In enacting Act 214, the legislature found that Hawaii's residents, including elders and individuals with disabilities, should be able to live at home with the supports they need so that they can participate in communities that value their contributions.  The legislature also found that statewide, especially in rural communities, many residents are without family members nearby to provide transportation and are too frail or disabled to access public transit.  Transportation services are often fragmented, underutilized, or difficult to navigate, and can be costly because of inconsistent, duplicative, and often restrictive federal and state program rules and regulations.  Due to these circumstances, there is a need for a policy on mobility management, a concept in which a single entity in a geographical area is charged with knowing and deploying the entire array of transportation resources available.  This system would focus on the individual and identify the best.

     Act 214 requires the department of health, through the executive office on aging, to submit an interim report of the task force's findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2014, and a final report of the task force's findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2015.

     The purpose of this Act is to make an appropriation to the department of health to implement the recommendations of the task force on mobility management, established pursuant to Act 214, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013.

     SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $           or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2015-2016 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2016-2017 for the implementation of the recommendations of the task force on mobility management, established pursuant to Act 214, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013, including funding of the following positions:

     (1)  One mobility manager in each of the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui;

     (2)  One statewide outreach position; and

     (3)  One statewide coordinator.

     The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of health for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2015.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Health; Mobility Management Task Force; Appropriation

 

Description:

Makes an appropriation to the department of health to implement the recommendations of the task force on mobility management, established pursuant to Act 214, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013.

 

 

 

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