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HB 1281 Hawaii House · 2018 Regular Session

RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.

Summary
Part I: Establishes a three-year Homeless Employment Pilot Program that provides homeless individuals with work opportunities and connects them with service providers. Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to submit a report to the Legislature prior to the 2018 Regular Session on implementing the program. Appropriates funds to establish the pilot program. Part II: Requires the auditor to conduct a study to assess the impact of using medicaid funds to provide coverage for the treatment for homelessness. Requires the auditor to submit a report to the legislature. Makes an appropriation. Part III: Requires the department of human services, in collaboration with the department of health, to review the progress of the Hawaii pathways project pilot and continue to pursue efforts to utilize medicaid to provide supportive housing services for chronically homeless individuals. Provides considerations for the department in planning for the expansion of supportive housing services provided through medicaid managed care plans. Requires the department to report to the legislature. Makes an appropriation. Takes effect 7/1/2075. (SD1)
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Jan 2018
House Passage
Mar 2017
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 24, 2017 Last action Jan 17, 2018
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
26
Key actions
7
Committee
15
Jan 17, 2018
Committee
Re-Referred to HMS, LBR/WAM.
upper
Jan 17, 2018
Committee
Re-referred to HHS, LAB, FIN, referral sheet 2
lower
Mar 24, 2017
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL/WAM.
upper
Mar 24, 2017
Committee
Reported from HMS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1112) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDL/WAM.
upper
Mar 22, 2017
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on HMS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HMS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Green, S. Chang, Harimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Tokuda, Wakai.
upper
Mar 17, 2017
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on HMS deferred the measure until 03-22-17 2:45PM in conference room 016.
upper
Mar 14, 2017
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on HMS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-17 2:50PM in conference room 016.
upper
Mar 9, 2017
Committee
Referred to HMS, JDL/WAM.
upper
Mar 3, 2017
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 64).
upper
Mar 2, 2017
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Tupola voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Feb 23, 2017
Lower · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, Choy, DeCoite, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, LoPresti, Lowen, Nakamura, Quinlan, Yamashita, Tupola, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tokioka.
lower
Feb 17, 2017
Committee
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Tokioka excused (2).
lower
Feb 17, 2017
Committee
Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 691), recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 14, 2017
Lower · Passed
The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Holt, Keohokalole, Nakashima, Takumi, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
lower
Feb 7, 2017
Committee
Reported from HUS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 56) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to LAB.
lower
Feb 3, 2017
Lower · Passed
The committees on HUS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Morikawa, Todd, Kobayashi, Oshiro, Tupola; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Har.
lower
Jan 30, 2017
Committee
Referred to HUS, LAB, FIN, referral sheet 6
lower
Jan 24, 2017
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
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