H.B. 788 Summary

• Department of Human Services shall purchase, staff, and operate two mobile clinics to serve homeless persons in ohana zones, with services procured under Hawaii Revised Statutes chapter 103F.

• Mobile clinic staff may include a primary care provider, nurse, pharmacist, psychiatrist, social worker, outreach worker, medical/nursing students, and other staff as needed.

• Clinics shall provide medical services, dental care, mental health and substance abuse services, disease testing, family planning, referral services, shower and laundry facilities, clean clothing, health insurance enrollment, pharmacy services, and street medicine.

• Director of Human Services may designate other political subdivisions or private organizations to participate in the mobile clinics program through grants or grant-in-aid agreements under Hawaii Revised Statutes chapter 42F.

• Appropriates unspecified general revenue funds for fiscal years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025, conditioned on dollar-for-dollar matching from other funding sources, including federal funding, to be identified and secured by the Department of Human Services; effective July 1, 2023.