HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2143

TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that Hawaii's retirees are an untapped resource.  The purpose of this measure is to establish a voluntary career mentoring program, which will provide a bridge between retirees and high school students who wish to learn more about professions they may be considering.  This program will benefit the retirees by giving them a worthy mission and benefit the students by giving them access to people with a lifetime of experiences.  Since career mentoring will be provided on a voluntary basis, this program will be neither intrusive nor costly.

     SECTION 2.  Chapter 302A, part C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§302A‑    Voluntary career mentoring program.  (a)  There is established in the department the voluntary career mentoring program to facilitate the development of career mentoring relationships between public high school students and retirees who volunteer to be career mentors.  Each retiree shall register with the department as a volunteer in order to participate in the voluntary career mentoring program and comply with the requirements of sections 302A-601.5 and 846-2.7.  Upon registration with the department and obtaining a certification from the department that the retiree has met the requirements of sections 302-A-601.5 and 846-2.7, each retiree shall be deemed a volunteer, as defined in section 90‑1, and shall be subject to chapter 90.

     (b)  The department shall maintain a database of current volunteer career mentors.  Information in the database shall include each career mentor's contact information and professional area or areas of expertise.  High school students may request that a mentoring relationship be initiated with one or more career mentors.  The department shall provide career mentors with the opportunity to accept or decline the mentoring role with a given student.  If the career mentor accepts the role, the department may assign the career mentor to the student for career mentoring purposes and shall provide the student with the career mentor's contact information, as appropriate.  Career mentors may set limits on the number of mentoring relationships for which they are responsible.

     (c)  A volunteer career mentor who undertakes a mentoring role shall receive no compensation from the State of Hawaii or the mentored student.

     (d)  Volunteer career mentors may also volunteer for speaking engagements at high schools."

     SECTION 3.  Section 846-2.7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "(b)  Criminal history record checks may be conducted by:

     (1)  The department of health on operators of adult foster homes or developmental disabilities domiciliary homes and their employees, as provided by section 333F-22;

     (2)  The department of health on prospective employees, persons seeking to serve as providers, or subcontractors in positions that place them in direct contact with clients when providing non-witnessed direct mental health services as provided by section 321-171.5;

     (3)  The department of health on all applicants for licensure for, operators for, and prospective employees, and volunteers at one or more of the following:  skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility, adult residential care home, expanded adult residential care home, assisted living facility, home health agency, hospice, adult day health center, special treatment facility, therapeutic living program, intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded, hospital, rural health center and rehabilitation agency, and, in the case of any of the above-related facilities operating in a private residence, on any adult living in the facility other than the client as provided by section 321-15.2;

     (4)  The department of education on employees, prospective employees, volunteers participating in the voluntary career mentoring program established pursuant to section 302A-  , and teacher trainees in any public school in positions that necessitate close proximity to children as provided by section 302A-601.5;

     (5)  The counties on employees and prospective employees who may be in positions that place them in close proximity to children in recreation or child care programs and services;

     (6)  The county liquor commissions on applicants for liquor licenses as provided by section 281-53.5;

     (7)  The department of human services on operators and employees of child caring institutions, child placing organizations, and foster boarding homes as provided by section 346-17;

     (8)  The department of human services on prospective adoptive parents as established under section 346-19.7;

     (9)  The department of human services on applicants to operate child care facilities, prospective employees of the applicant, and new employees of the provider after registration or licensure as provided by section 346-154;

    (10)  The department of human services on persons exempt pursuant to section 346-152 to be eligible to provide child care and receive child care subsidies as provided by section 346-152.5;

    (11)  The department of human services on operators and employees of home and community-based case management agencies and operators and other adults, except for adults in care, residing in foster family homes as provided by section 346-335;

    (12)  The department of human services on staff members of the Hawaii youth correctional facility as provided by section 352-5.5;

    (13)  The department of human services on employees, prospective employees, and volunteers of contracted providers and subcontractors in positions that place them in close proximity to youth when providing services on behalf of the office or the Hawaii youth correctional facility as provided by section 352D-4.3;

    (14)  The judiciary on employees and applicants at detention and shelter facilities as provided by section 571-34;

    (15)  The department of public safety on employees and prospective employees who are directly involved with the treatment and care of persons committed to a correctional facility or who possess police powers including the power of arrest as provided by section 353C-5;

    (16)  The department of commerce and consumer affairs on applicants for private detective or private guard licensure as provided by section 463-9;

    (17)  Private schools and designated organizations on employees and prospective employees who may be in positions that necessitate close proximity to children; provided that private schools and designated organizations receive only indications of the states from which the national criminal history record information was provided as provided by section 302C-1;

    (18)  The public library system on employees and prospective employees whose positions place them in close proximity to children as provided by section 302A-601.5;

    (19)  The State or any of its branches, political subdivisions, or agencies on applicants and employees holding a position that has the same type of contact with children, vulnerable adults, or persons committed to a correctional facility as other public employees who hold positions that are authorized by law to require criminal history record checks as a condition of employment as provided by section 78-2.7;

    (20)  The department of human services on licensed adult day care center operators, employees, new employees, subcontracted service providers and their employees, and adult volunteers as provided by section 346-97;

    (21)  The department of human services on purchase of service contracted and subcontracted service providers and their employees serving clients of the adult and community care services branch, as provided by section 346-97;

    (22)  The department of human services on foster grandparent program, retired and senior volunteer program, senior companion program, and respite companion program participants as provided by section 346-97;

    (23)  The department of human services on contracted and subcontracted service providers and their current and prospective employees that provide home and community-based services under Section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act (Title 42 United States Code Section 1396n(c)), or under any other applicable section or sections of the Social Security Act for the purposes of providing home and community-based services, as provided by section 346-97;

    (24)  The department of commerce and consumer affairs on proposed directors and executive officers of a bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, trust company, and depository financial services loan company as provided by section 412:3-201;

    (25)  The department of commerce and consumer affairs on proposed directors and executive officers of a nondepository financial services loan company as provided by section 412:3-301;

    (26)  The department of commerce and consumer affairs on the original chartering applicants and proposed executive officers of a credit union as provided by section 412:10-103;

[[](27)[]] The department of commerce and consumer affairs on:

         (A)  Each principal of every non-corporate applicant for a money transmitter license; and

         (B)  The executive officers, key shareholders, and managers in charge of a money transmitter's activities of every corporate applicant for a money transmitter license,

          as provided by section 489D-9; and

[[](28)[]] Any other organization, entity, or the State, its branches, political subdivisions, or agencies as may be authorized by state law."

     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.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Voluntary Career Mentoring Program

 

Description:

Establishes a voluntary career mentoring program in the department of education to provide high school students with contact information for retirees who volunteer to share experience and knowledge about potential careers.

 

 

 

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