HI HB336

Director of Public Safety must report deaths of Hawaii inmates in state or contracted correctional facilities to the Governor within 48 hours, who then reports to the Legislature.

Director must also report deaths of correctional facility or community correctional center employees who die on facility grounds or sustain fatal injuries on facility grounds within 48 hours.

Initial death reports must include decedent's name, gender, age, status (inmate or employee), location, date and time, cause of death, and any indication of sexual assault; official cause of death must be reported immediately upon determination.

Director must submit clinical mortality review reports to Governor within 30 days of each death, including correctional actions to be taken.

Department of Public Safety must preserve forensic evidence of human biological specimens for criminal investigation or coroner if there is any indication of sexual assault leading to death of an inmate or correctional employee.