HI SR75

Requests the Department of Human Services to consider creating a homelessness fund to collect moneys for homeless facilities and programs under Hawaii Revised Statutes chapter 346, part XVII.

Directs the Department of Taxation to evaluate whether increasing the conveyance tax could assist with human services funding, specifically for homeless facilities and programs.

Requires each county (Honolulu, Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai) to establish a three-year community shelter commission composed of state, federal, county, clergy, real estate, social services, and business representatives with authority to select public property for homeless facilities without legislative or council amendment for five years.

Requests the Department of Health establish a nine-member Civil Rights Board with authority to request law enforcement initiate emergency mental health examinations and hospitalization for individuals posing danger to public health or safety.

Directs the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish a statewide pilot Public Service Employment Program providing job assistance to homeless and long-term unemployed individuals, with employer subsidies and loan options available.