HI HB1887

Requires the Department of Human Services to continue leading a working group addressing visitation and support needs of children and families of incarcerated individuals, per House Concurrent Resolution No. 205 (2019) and Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 7 (2019).

Tasks the judiciary with coordinating with the Department of Human Services, Department of Public Safety, family reunification working group, and other community entities to establish a pilot visitation and family resource center at Waiawa correctional facility on Oahu beginning August 1, 2022.

Requires the pilot center to be operated by a nonprofit organization contracted by the Department of Human Services and staffed with trauma-informed professionals serving as liaisons for families affected by incarceration.

Mandates the working group submit a report with findings, recommendations, and proposed legislation to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the 2023 regular session, with the working group ceasing to exist January 31, 2023.

Appropriates unspecified funds to the judiciary, Department of Human Services, and Department of Public Safety for fiscal year 2022-2023 to establish and implement the pilot visitation and family resource center.