2013 Hawaii Revised Statutes
TITLE 20. SOCIAL SERVICES
346. Department of Human Services
346-361 Definitions.

Note

Transfer of functions and duties. L 2010, c 89, §13.

Homeless assistance working group (repealed June 30, 2016). L 2013, c 222, §§15 to 17.

Return-to-home pilot program for eligible homeless individuals (terminated on December 31, 2016). L 2013, c 222, §§12 to 14.

§346-361 Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Donor" means any individual, partnership, corporation, joint-stock company, unincorporated organization, foundation, estate, trust, or any other person or firm that donates money, real property, goods, or services to a homeless facility or any other program for the homeless authorized by this part, including members of any governing body, trustees, officers, partners, principals, stockholders, members, managers, employees, contractors, agents of these entities, or any person who was involved with the donation.

"Emergency shelter" means a homeless facility designed to provide temporary shelter and appropriate and available services to homeless families or individuals for a specified period of time.

"Homeless" means:

(1) An individual or family who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate night-time residence; or

(2) An individual or family who has a primary night-time residence that is:

(A) A supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations;

(B) An institution that provides temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized; or

(C) A public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as sleeping accommodations for human beings.

This term does not include any individual imprisoned or otherwise detained under an act of Congress or a state law.

"Homeless facility" means a development designed to provide shelter for homeless families or individuals pursuant to this part, or to facilitate any other homeless program authorized by this part, and may include emergency or transitional shelters.

"Homeless shelter stipend" means a payment to a provider agency or to the department on behalf of a homeless family or individual to assist with the costs of operating a homeless facility and providing appropriate services.

"Provider agency" means an organization, including its governing board, officers, employees, contractors, or agents, contracted by the department to provide labor and services to any homeless facility or any other program for the homeless authorized by this part that is:

(1) A for-profit organization incorporated under the laws of the State; or

(2) A nonprofit organization determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be exempt from the federal income tax; that has a governing board whose members have no material conflict of interest and who serve without compensation, and that has adopted bylaws or policies that describe the manner in which business is conducted, including policies that relate to nepotism and management of potential conflict of interest situations.

"Transitional shelter" means a homeless facility designed to provide temporary shelter and appropriate and available services to homeless families or individuals for up to twenty-four months, pursuant to rule. [L 2010, c 89, pt of §2]