HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

131

TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO MOBILITY MANAGEMENT.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that all of Hawaii’s residents – including elders and individuals with disabilities – should be able to live at home with the supports they need so that they may participate in communities that value their contributions.  A goal of the executive office on aging is to increase access to community supports and full participation, while focusing attention and resources on the unique needs of older adults and people with disabilities.  For example, the executive office on aging, in partnership with the county offices on aging, is transforming Hawaii's home and community based services system through the establishment of aging and disability resource centers; this is testimony to their commitment to promote community living and to find new mechanisms to help ensure that the supports elders and individuals with disabilities need to live in the community are accessible.

     The legislature also finds 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 under which a single entity in a geographical area is charged with knowing and deploying the entire array of transportation resources available.  Such a system would focus on the individual and identify the best transportation options, both public and private, for that person's travel needs.

     The legislature further finds mobility management services help to maximize the use of intelligent transportation systems and other technology to enhance mobility and create one-call systems that allow greater ease-of-use for customers.  Consequently, the legislature believes that a task force is needed to analyze and make recommendations on state-level policy on mobility management.

     The purpose of this Act is to establish a task force on mobility management.

     SECTION 2.  (a)  There is established within the department of health a task force on mobility management to make recommendations on establishing a transportation framework to assist elders and individuals with disabilities with transportation needs in rural communities, including recommendations relating to the state budget and program development.

     (b)  The task force on mobility management shall consider:

     (1)  Developing and establishing a program under which a single entity in a geographical area is charged with administering an array of transportation resources;

     (2)  The cost and qualifications of transportation coordinators or operators and the logistics of the arrangements and delivery of transportation services, including costs reimbursements, insurance, and liability; and

     (3)  Developing a mobility management master plan for each county to:

         (A)  Address the growing demands for transportation services;

         (B)  Encourage living at home;

         (C)  Improve efficiencies in the use of public and private sector vehicles; and

         (D)  Make use of modern technology in the management of transportation services.

     (c)  As a part of developing mobility management master plans, the task force on mobility management shall also consider including in the mobility management master plan framework a transportation service component that utilizes the transportation resources of nonprofit organizations that are willing to participate in a vehicle-sharing network to provide on-call transportation services to elders and individuals with disabilities residing in rural communities.

     (d)  The task force shall consist of the following members, or their designees:

     (1)  The director of the executive office on aging, who shall serve as chairperson of the task force;

     (2)  The chairperson of the public utilities commission, or the chairperson's designee;

     (3)  The executive director of the disability and communication access board;

     (4)  Two administrators of a federally qualified health center or rural health clinic, one from a rural community and one from an urban community, to be appointed by the director of the executive office on aging;

     (5)  The director of transportation services from each of the four counties, or the directors' designees;

     (6)  One member of the house of representatives to be designated by the speaker of the house of representatives;

     (7)  One member of the senate to be designated by the president of the senate;

     (8)  One representative from each area agency on aging of the four counties; and

     (9)  The director of health, or the director's designee.

     (e)  The department of health, through the executive office on aging, shall 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.

     (f)  Members of the task force shall not be compensated for their service on the task force but shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses, including travel expenses, incurred for serving on the task force.  No member shall be made subject to chapter 84, Hawaii Revised Statutes, solely because of that member's participation as a member of the task force. 

     (g)  The task force shall be dissolved on June 30, 2015.

     SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $30,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2013-2014 and the sum of $30,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014-2015 for the staffing, operation, and convening of the task force on mobility management.

     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, 2020.



 

Report Title:

Aging; Task Force; Mobility Management; Appropriation

 

Description:

Establishes a task force on mobility management.  Requires the task force to establish a transportation framework to assist elders and individuals with disabilities with transportation needs in rural communities.  Appropriates funds.  Effective July 1, 2020.  (HB131 HD1)

 

 

 

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