Report Title:

DHS; Kapiolani CARE Program; Appropriation

Description:

Appropriates funds for Kapiolani Child At-Risk Evaluation program. (SD1)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

537

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005

H.D. 2

STATE OF HAWAII

S.D. 1


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

making an appropriation for the kapiolani Child at-risk evaluation program.

 

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

SECTION 1. The Kapiolani Health System reports that over two thousand five hundred children are abused and neglected each year in Hawaii. The Kapiolani Child At-Risk Evaluation (C.A.R.E.) program is dedicated to helping those children. Its mission is to provide comprehensive, coordinated, and compassionate forensic health services to children who are victims or suspected victims of abuse and neglect. The Kapiolani C.A.R.E. program offers pre-placement medical evaluations and comprehensive health evaluations for children entering foster care and forensic medical evaluations for children who are being investigated for allegations of abuse and neglect.

The purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds for the Kapiolani C.A.R.E. program.

SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $500,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2005-2006 and the sum of $600,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2006-2007 for the Kapiolani Child At-Risk Evaluation program.

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

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2005.