SB 1450 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO AN INTENSIVE MOBILE TEAM PILOT PROGRAM FOR HOUSELESS INDIVIDUALS SUFFERING FROM SERIOUS BRAIN DISORDERS.

Summary

Establishes a three-year Intensive Mobile Team Pilot Program in the Department of Health to provide intensive mobile treatment-type services, including "street psychiatry", to chronically houseless individuals suffering from serious brain disorders, including schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. Requires the Adult Mental Health Division of the Department of Health to submit reports to the Legislature. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Feb 14, 2025

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SB1450 → SB1450_SD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill was converted from a standard legislative draft into a Senate Draft 1 (SD1) version with significant formatting changes and a major timeline adjustment. The most substantive change is the effective date, which was moved from July 1, 2025 to December 31, 2050, likely as a placeholder during the drafting process. The core policy content regarding the mobile team program for houseless individuals with serious brain disorders remains largely intact, though some text formatting and section numbering were updated.

Scope change

The bill's substantive scope remains the same, but the effective date was changed to a distant future date (2050) instead of the original 2025 start date.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from July 1, 2025 to December 31, 2050, which is likely a placeholder error rather than an intentional policy change.

TECHNICAL

The bill was reformatted from a standard legislative draft into a Senate Draft 1 (SD1) format with updated metadata and header information.

Section 2 funding language was modified to use blank spaces instead of specific dollar amounts ($1,300,000) for the appropriations.

The original page numbering and formatting markers (HTH-47(25)) were removed during the conversion to SD1 format.

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Committee

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 503) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 5, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Hashimoto, Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

upper

Jan 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-05-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to HHS, WAM.

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and passed First Reading.

upper

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Pending Introduction.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors