HI HB2195

Removes the $850,000 cost limitation on contracts between counties and qualified community rehabilitation programs for building, custodial, and grounds maintenance services.

Creates a new civil service exemption (paragraph 17) allowing qualified community rehabilitation program contracts for these services to last up to one year without a specified cost cap.

Eliminates the previous requirement in paragraph 16 that capped such contracts at $750,000 and limited community rehabilitation program contracts to $850,000.

Qualified community rehabilitation programs are defined in section 103D-1001 and provide employment services, typically for individuals with disabilities.