HB 1905 Summary

• Allows the Department of Human Services to use other appropriated funds to cover General Assistance benefit payments when the dedicated appropriation is insufficient.

• Appropriates $250,000 to $3,200,000 for fiscal year 2012-2013 to various human services programs including youth centers, dental care, child care subsidies, homeless services, and health initiatives at federally qualified health centers.

• Establishes the Hawaii Interagency Council on Homelessness as a permanent advisory body to develop a ten-year statewide homelessness plan, with membership from state agencies, counties, federal representatives, and community organizations; council repeals June 30, 2022.

• Creates a task force to develop a comprehensive state plan coordinating services for human trafficking survivors, with reporting deadline 20 days before the 2014 legislative session.

• Requires financial institutions to report suspected financial abuse of persons age 60 and older directly to local law enforcement instead of the Department of Human Services.