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HI Rev Stat § 350B-4 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|350B. Hawaii Children's Trust Fund|350B-4 Hawaii children's trust fund advisory board.

  §350B-4 Hawaii children's trust fund advisory board. (a) There shall be a Hawaii children's trust fund advisory board, which shall make the final recommendations to the Hawaii Community Foundation for the expenditure of funds for the following activities:  (1) Grantmaking with private nonprofit organizations, public agencies, or qualified individuals to provide community-based services and education designed to strengthen families to prevent child abuse and neglect;  (2) Grantmaking to raise community awareness of the trust fund; and  (3) Administration of the trust fund.  (b) The board shall consist of seven members to be appointed as follows:  (1) One member shall be selected by the Hawaii Community Foundation to serve for a term of three years. This member may not serve more than two consecutive terms.  (2) Three members shall be appointed by the governor from a list of names of seven persons submitted by the Hawaii Community Foundation. Each of these three members shall serve for a term of three years, except that the terms of the initial board members shall be staggered as follows: one member shall be appointed to a one-year term, one member shall be appointed to a two-year term, and one member shall be appointed to a three-year term. None of these three members shall serve for more than two consecutive terms.  (3) One member shall be appointed from among the members of the senate by the president of the senate, to serve until the expiration of the member's term in the senate during which the member is appointed.  (4) One member shall be appointed from among the members of the house of representatives by the speaker of the house to serve until the expiration of the member's term in the house of representatives during which the member is appointed.  (5) One member shall be the director of health or the director's designee. [L 1993, c 336, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 350B-5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|350B. Hawaii Children's Trust Fund|350B-5 Hawaii children's trust fund coalition.

  §350B-5 Hawaii children's trust fund coalition. There shall be a Hawaii children's trust fund coalition which, through its advisory committee, shall develop policy, planning, strategy, and publicize the fund, as well as solicit public and private moneys for the fund. The coalition shall serve as a forum for addressing the issue of family strengthening, and for promoting strategies and statewide planning for the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Membership in the coalition shall be open to any representative of any agency and any individual committed to strengthening families to prevent child abuse and neglect. [L 1993, c 336, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 350B-6 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|350B. Hawaii Children's Trust Fund|350B-6 Hawaii children's trust fund advisory committee.

  §350B-6 Hawaii children's trust fund advisory committee. (a) There shall be an advisory committee of the Hawaii children's trust fund coalition. The advisory committee shall provide leadership for the coalition. Members of the advisory committee shall be initially selected prior to December 1, 1993.  (b) The advisory committee shall perform the following functions:  (1) Promote statewide planning and strategies for strengthening families with the intent of preventing child abuse and neglect;  (2) Establish criteria and guidelines for grantmaking for the board;  (3) Publicize the fund and solicit moneys from public and private sources, in collaboration with the board;  (4) Advise the department of health on matters involving the prevention of child abuse and neglect; and  (5) Facilitate the exchange of information between groups concerned with families and children.  (c) The advisory committee shall include private and public members. Public sector representation shall include the department of health, department of human services, department of education, office of youth services, and the judiciary. The coalition shall elect the private sector representatives, whose membership shall equal one more than the number of public sector representatives.  (d) Each member of the advisory committee shall have one vote, except that the representative of the department of health shall not vote on matters relating to advising the department of health. The advisory committee shall elect its officers. [L 1993, c 336, pt of §2; am L 1996, c 298, §5]
HI Rev Stat § 350B-7 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|350B. Hawaii Children's Trust Fund|350B-7 Grants.

  §350B-7 Grants. Grants provided for the strengthening of families, with the intent of preventing child abuse and neglect, may include, but are not limited to, the following:  (1) Programs for families to increase the family unit's capability to create a healthy environment in which each member may develop to the member's fullest potential;  (2) Programs for parents to increase their ability to provide a safe and nurturing environment for their children;  (3) Programs for children to increase their ability to form healthy relationships, and to avoid and cope with dangerous situations;  (4) Training and education for professionals, including making information about the problems of child abuse and neglect available to agencies dealing with these problems;  (5) General community education to increase the community's awareness of the needs of families and children, and of the issues of child abuse and neglect and its prevention; and  (6) Research, evaluation, and advocacy activities related to the prevention of child abuse and neglect. [L 1993, c 336, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 350C-1 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|350C. Adoption Assistance Compact and Procedures for Interstate Services Payments|350C-1 Findings and purposes.

 §350C-1 Findings and purposes. The legislature finds that to obtain adoptive families for children with special needs, states must assure prospective adoptive parents of substantial assistance in meeting the high costs of supporting and providing for the child's special needs. The purpose of this chapter is to authorize the department of human services to enter into interstate agreements for the protection of children who receive adoption assistance from the State. [L 1986, c 110, pt of §1; am L 1987, c 339, §4] Cross References  Adoption assistance program, see § §346-301 to 346-305.
HI Rev Stat § 350C-2 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|350C. Adoption Assistance Compact and Procedures for Interstate Services Payments|350C-2 Definitions.

 §350C-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:  "Adoption assistance" means the payment or payments for the maintenance of a child which are made or committed to be made pursuant to this chapter.  "Adoption assistance state" means the state that is a signatory to an adoption assistance agreement in a particular case.  "Child" means a person less than eighteen years of age, or a person less than twenty-one years of age who has mental or physical handicaps that warrant the continuation of assistance beyond the age of eighteen.  "Child with special needs" means a child for whom the department has determined that:  (1) The child cannot or should not be returned to the parent's home;  (2) There exists a specific factor or condition, including but not limited to, ethnic background, age, membership in a minority or sibling group, or physical, emotional or mental handicaps, which make it likely that the child could not be placed with adoptive parents without providing adoption assistance; and  (3) A reasonable but unsuccessful effort has been made to place the child with appropriate adoptive parents without providing adoption assistance, provided that no attempt need be made when it would be against the best interests of the child because of such factors as the existence of significant emotional ties with prospective adoptive parents while in their care as a foster child.  "Department" means the department of human services and its authorized representatives.  "Residence state" means the state of which the child is a resident by virtue of the residence of the adoptive parents.  "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or a territory or possession of the United States. [L 1986, c 110, pt of §1; am L 1987, c 339, §4]
HI Rev Stat § 350C-3 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|350C. Adoption Assistance Compact and Procedures for Interstate Services Payments|350C-3 Compacts authorized.

 §350C-3 Compacts authorized. The department is authorized to develop and participate in the development of, negotiate, and enter into one or more interstate compacts on behalf of the State. A compact entered into pursuant to this chapter shall have the force and effect of law. [L 1986, c 110, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 350C-4 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|350C. Adoption Assistance Compact and Procedures for Interstate Services Payments|350C-4 Contents of compacts.

 §350C-4 Contents of compacts. A compact entered into pursuant to the authority conferred by this chapter shall:  (1) Provide all states the option of joining;  (2) Permit the withdrawal from the compact upon one year written notice to all signatories;  (3) Provide that a state's withdrawal from the compact does not affect its responsibility to continue to provide assistance to those recipients who were receiving assistance pursuant to the compact prior to the effective date of the withdrawal; and  (4) Require that each case of adoption assistance under the compact be covered by an adoption assistance agreement in writing between the adoptive parents and the state child welfare agency of the state which undertakes to provide the adoption assistance. [L 1986, c 110, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 350C-5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|350C. Adoption Assistance Compact and Procedures for Interstate Services Payments|350C-5 Optional contents of compacts.

 §350C-5 Optional contents of compacts. A compact entered into pursuant to this chapter may:  (1) Establish procedures and entitlements to medical, developmental, child care, or other social services for the child in accordance with applicable laws;  (2) Contain other provisions as may be appropriate or incidental to the proper administration of the compact. [L 1986, c 110, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 350C-6 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|350C. Adoption Assistance Compact and Procedures for Interstate Services Payments|350C-6 Medical assistance.

 §350C-6 Medical assistance. (a) For the purposes of this chapter, a child with special needs shall be eligible for a medical assistance identification document if:  (1) An adoption assistance agreement was entered into on the child's behalf;  (2) A certified copy of the adoption assistance agreement is filed with the department; and  (3) The state that entered into the adoption assistance agreement is a signatory to the compact. At least once a year, the adoptive parents shall be required to show that the adoption assistance agreement is in force.  (b) A holder of medical assistance identification documents pursuant to this chapter shall be treated the same as any other holder of medical assistance identification documents under the laws of this State.  (c) The department shall reimburse the cost of services for a child who is in another state if:  (1) The child is covered by an adoption assistance agreement made by the department;  (2) The service is not covered by the resident state;  (3) The service would have been covered by the State if the child had remained a resident of the State;  (4) The service is not covered by any insurance or other third party medical contract or arrangement; and  (5) Evidence of payment for the services sought to be reimbursed is submitted to the department.  (d) This section shall apply only to medical assistance for children under adoption assistance agreements from states that have entered into a compact with this State under which the other state provides medical assistance to children with special needs under adoption assistance agreements made by this State. [L 1986, c 110, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 350C-7 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|350C. Adoption Assistance Compact and Procedures for Interstate Services Payments|350C-7 Federal participation.

 §350C-7 Federal participation. The department shall include a provision for adoption assistance and medical assistance for which the federal government pays for some or all of the costs in any state plan made pursuant to the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980, Public Law 96-272 or Social Security Act, titles IV(e) or XIX. [L 1986, c 110, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 350E-2 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|350E. Interstate Compact on Placement of Children|350E-2 Financial responsibility for child placed under compact.

  §350E-2 Financial responsibility for child placed under compact. Financial responsibility for any child placed pursuant to the provisions of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Article V of the compact in the first instance. However, in the event of partial or complete default of performance thereunder, the provisions under any other chapter also may be invoked. [L 1985, c 132, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 350E-3 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|350E. Interstate Compact on Placement of Children|350E-3 Appropriate public authorities.

 §350E-3 Appropriate public authorities. The "appropriate public authorities" as used in Article III of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, with reference to this State, means the department of human services and the department shall receive and act with reference to notices required by Article III. [L 1985, c 132, pt of §1; am L 1987, c 339, §4]
HI Rev Stat § 350E-4 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|350E. Interstate Compact on Placement of Children|350E-4 Appropriate authority in Hawaii.

 §350E-4 Appropriate authority in Hawaii. As used in paragraph (a) of Article V the phrase "appropriate authority in the receiving state" with reference to this State means the department of human services. [L 1985, c 132, pt of §1; am L 1987, c 339, §4]
HI Rev Stat § 350E-5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|350E. Interstate Compact on Placement of Children|350E-5 Entering agreements with other states.

  §350E-5 Entering agreements with other states. The officers and agencies of this State and its subdivisions having authority to place children may enter into agreements with appropriate officers or agencies of or in other party states pursuant to paragraph (b) of Article V of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children. Any such agreement which contains a financial commitment or imposes a financial obligation on this State or subdivision or agency thereof shall not be binding unless it has the approval in writing of the director of finance in the case of the State and of the chief local fiscal officer in the case of a subdivision of the State. [L 1985, c 132, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 350E-6 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|350E. Interstate Compact on Placement of Children|350E-6 Requirements for visitation, inspection, supervision.

  §350E-6 Requirements for visitation, inspection, supervision. Any requirements for visitation, inspection or supervision of children, homes, institutions or other agencies in another party state which may apply under any other chapter shall be deemed to be met if performed pursuant to an agreement entered into by appropriate officers or agencies of this State or a subdivision thereof as contemplated by paragraph (b) of Article V of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children. [L 1985, c 132, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 350E-7 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|350E. Interstate Compact on Placement of Children|350E-7 Chapters not applicable.

  §350E-7 Chapters not applicable. The provision under any other chapter shall not apply to placements made pursuant to the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children. [L 1985, c 132, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 350E-8 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|350E. Interstate Compact on Placement of Children|350E-8 Court jurisdiction.

  §350E-8 Court jurisdiction. Any court having jurisdiction to place delinquent children may place such a child in an institution in another state pursuant to Article VI of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children and shall retain jurisdiction as provided in Article V thereof. [L 1985, c 132, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 350E-9 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|350E. Interstate Compact on Placement of Children|350E-9 Executive head.

  §350E-9 Executive head. As used in Article VII of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, the term "executive head" means the governor. The governor may appoint a compact administrator in accordance with the terms of Article VII. [L 1985, c 132, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 351-1 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|351. Crime Victim Compensation|351-1 Purpose.

  §351-1 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to aid victims of criminal acts, by providing compensation for victims of certain crimes or dependents of deceased victims, and for indemnification of private citizens for personal injury or property damage suffered in prevention of crime or apprehension of a criminal. [L 1967, c 226, pt of §1; HRS §351-1] Attorney General Opinions  No award to someone who suffers psychological or physical trauma in reaction to the death of a crime victim. Att. Gen. Op. 88-2. Case Notes  In light of its purpose, chapter should be construed liberally in determining eligibility of applicants. 55 H. 514, 523 P.2d 311 (1974); 63 H. 254, 625 P.2d 372 (1981).
HI Rev Stat § 351-2 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|351. Crime Victim Compensation|351-2 Definitions.

  §351-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:  "Child" means an unmarried person who is under eighteen years of age and includes a stepchild or an adopted child.  "Commission" means the crime victim compensation commission established by this chapter.  "Crime" means those under section 351-32, and shall include an act of terrorism occurring outside the United States as defined in title 18 United States Code section 2331, against a resident of this State.  "Dependents" mean such relatives of a deceased victim who were wholly or partially dependent upon the victim's income at the time of the victim's death or would have been so dependent but for the incapacity due to the injury from which the death resulted and includes the child of the victim born after the victim's death.  "Designated person" means a person who made payments for funeral, burial, and medical expenses on behalf of a victim.  "Injury" means actual bodily harm and, in respect of a victim, includes pregnancy and mental or nervous shock; and "injured" has a corresponding meaning.  "Mass casualty incident" means an incident with multiple victims killed during a continuous course of criminal conduct.  "Private citizen" means any natural person other than a police officer who is actively engaged in the performance of the police officer's official duties.  "Relative" means a victim's spouse or reciprocal beneficiary, parent, grandparent, stepparent, child, grandchild, stepchild, brother, sister, half brother, half sister, stepbrother, stepsister, spouse's or reciprocal beneficiary's parents, niece, nephew, or person residing in the same dwelling unit as the victim.  "Resident" means every individual who:  (1) Intends to permanently reside in this State;  (2) Has a permanent abode in this State;  (3) Is a student at any institution of learning and claimed as a dependent of a Hawaii resident;  (4) Files a Hawaii income tax return; or  (5) Is registered to vote in this State.  "Victim" means:  (1) A person who is injured or killed by any act or omission of any other person coming within the criminal jurisdiction of the State;  (2) Any resident of the State who is injured or killed in another state by an act or omission of another person, which act or omission is within the description of any of the crimes specified in section 351-32; or  (3) A person who is a resident of this State who is injured or killed by an act of terrorism occurring outside the United States, as defined in title 18 United States Code section 2331. [L 1967, c 226, pt of §1; HRS §351-2; am L 1972, c 2, §13 and c 61, §1a; am L 1977, c 191, §2; am L 1983, c 124, §15; gen ch 1985; am L 1989, c 177, § §1 to 3; am L 1995, c 182, §1; am L 1997, c 383, §49; am L 1998, c 239, §1 and c 240, §3; am L 2000, c 57, § §2, 3] Revision Note  Punctuation changed pursuant to §23G-15.
HI Rev Stat § 351-11 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|351. Crime Victim Compensation|351-11 Crime victim compensation commission.

  §351-11 Crime victim compensation commission. There shall be a crime victim compensation commission composed of three members appointed and removable in the manner prescribed by section 26-34. No officer or employee of the State or any county shall be eligible for appointment to the commission. The commission is placed within the department of public safety for administrative purposes. [L 1967, c 226, pt of §1; HRS §351-11; am L 1970, c 105, §5; am L 1987, c 338, §10; am L 1989, c 177, §4 and c 211, §8; am L 1992, c 260, §1; am L 1998, c 240, §4] Case Notes  Action against commission for damages. 59 H. 404, 581 P.2d 766 (1978).
HI Rev Stat § 351-12 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|351. Crime Victim Compensation|351-12 Tenure and compensation of members.

 §351-12 Tenure and compensation of members. (a) The term of office of each member of the commission shall be four years or until the member's successor is appointed, except that any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of the term. Each member shall be eligible for reappointment, subject to section 26-34. A vacancy in the commission shall not affect its powers. If any member is unable to act because of absence, illness, or other sufficient cause, the governor may make a temporary appointment, and the appointee shall have all the powers accorded the regular member for the period of the temporary appointment.  (b) Each member shall be compensated at the rate of $100 per day for each day's actual attendance to the member's duties; provided that the compensation shall not exceed a maximum of $10,000 per year. Members shall be paid necessary traveling and subsistence expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties. [L 1967, c 226, pt of §1; HRS §351-12; gen ch 1985; am L 1989, c 177, §5; am L 1990, c 136, §2; am L 1992, c 260, §2] Attorney General Opinions  Cited, as a constitutional board and commission statute where members may serve as holdovers until their successors are "appointed", without any reference to the successors being fully "qualified"; an "appointment" properly occurs under the interim appointments provision of article V, §6 of the state constitution. Att. Gen. Op. 16-3.