HI SR147

Requests Department of Public Safety and Hawaii Paroling Authority to create a two-year pilot program for medical or compassionate release of ill, disabled, and geriatric inmates who pose low risk to public safety.

Establishes eligibility criteria including inmates with terminal illness (prognosis of death within one year), seriously debilitating irreversible conditions impairing functional ability, or serious age-related conditions requiring costly or complex care.

Requires medical release requests include physician reports on medical criteria, Director of Public Safety evaluation of violence and recidivism risk, and a continuity of care plan; requests by inmates must be processed by Department within 20 days.

Hawaii Paroling Authority must conduct hearing within 10 days, allow inmate and victim participation, and grant or deny request within 2 days; victim or victim's family has opportunity to be heard.

Released inmates remain on parole supervision with conditions through sentence expiration; Department of Public Safety and Hawaii Paroling Authority must report findings and recommendations to Legislature by 20 days before 2016 Regular Session.