HI HB204

Requires department of public safety intake service centers to collect or coordinate collection of data on incarcerated parents and their minor children.

Data collection must include the number of incarcerated parents, the number of minor children with incarcerated parents, and other information the department deems useful for service provision.

Adds a new subsection (9) to Section 353-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, establishing data collection as a function of correctional intake centers.

Addresses the legislature's finding that Hawaii lacks a system to identify incarcerated parents and their children despite prior task force recommendations since 2006.

Takes effect upon approval.