HB862 CD1

Report Title:

Social workers; PSD

 

Description:

Appropriation for the establishment of two full-time social worker IV positions; appropriates funds.(HB862 CD1)

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	862
TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		S.D. 2
		C.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SOCIAL WORKER POSITIONS.

 

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

SECTION 1. The legislature finds that two full-time social worker IV positions are needed for the department of public safety's intake service center's branch offices. These positions must be filled to:

(1) Comply with section 353-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

(2) Comply with the National Institute of Corrections consultant's recommendation on suicide prevention to avoid possible litigation;

(3) Comply with a department of public safety consent decree; and

(4) Fulfill the department of public safety's strategic plans to be more efficient and cost effective.

The purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds to establish two full-time social worker IV positions in the department of public safety's intake service centers.

SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $68,616, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001-2002, and the same sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2002-2003, for the establishment of two full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) social worker IV positions with the department of public safety's intake service centers.

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

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2001.