HI HB943

Establishes a Homeless Triage and Treatment Center Program within the Department of Health's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division to serve homeless individuals and those at risk of homelessness with substance abuse or mental illness.

Program shall provide emergency food, shelter, housing navigation, supportive services, medical assessments, substance abuse treatment, detoxification services, behavioral health services, and trauma-informed life skills groups.

Requires the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division to collaborate with local hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, law enforcement agencies, and homeless service providers, and permits contracting with facilities providing comprehensive triage services.

Expands the Crisis Intervention and Diversion Services Program to explicitly include homeless persons and authorizes intensive mobile outreach services as part of the program.

Appropriates $500,000 for fiscal year 2025-2026 and $500,000 for fiscal year 2026-2027 to the Department of Health to implement this Act, with funds to be used only for direct service contracts.