Hawaii legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii HB1530: Relating to Community Residential Treatment.
Status: Failed, February 4, 2026
Requires any person applying to the Department of Health to contract or extend or renew a contract to operate certain residential treatment programs to, as a condition of the contract, obtain and maintain a general liability insurance policy with a certain minimum coverage amount; submit to the Department for review and approval a community safety action plan; and provide to the community association or neighborhood board in the community in which the program will operate a written notice of the program's establishment and location and the community safety action plan.
What the bill says
A bill for an act relating to community residential treatment.
From the introduced text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT. SECTION 1. Chapter 334, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part VII to be appropriately designated and to read as follows: "~334- Youth mental health residential treatment programs; liability insurance; safety plan; community notification. (a) Any person applying to contract or extend or renew a contract with the department to operate a youth mental health residential treatment program shall: (1) Obtain and maintain during the operation of the program a general liability insurance policy with minimum coverage in an amount not less than $2,000,000 per occurrence and $4,000,000 in the aggregate, or any higher amount as the department may establish by rule; (2) Submit to the department for review and approval a community safety action plan, which shall include: 2026--0169 HE SMA.docx ~53O H.B. NO. (A) Procedures for responding to and resolving behavioral, sexual, medical, or environmental emergencies; (B) A twenty--four--hour emergency contact number for the program operator; and (C) Staff response protocols for any incident affecting program participants or the surrounding community. (b) Any person applying to contract or extend or renew a contract with the department to operate a youth mental health residential treatment program shall provide the following to the community association or the neighborhood board, as applicable, for the community in …
Sponsors
- Sam Kong (D, HD-033) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : The committee(s) on HLT recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
- : Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Wednesday, 02-04-26 9:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- : Referred to HLT, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 1
- : Introduced and Pass First Reading.
- : Prefiled.
Subjects: Report, Housing, Penalties, Rules, Insurance, Community Residential Treatment, DOH
Common questions
- What is HB1530?
- HB1530 is a bill in the Hawaii Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Relating to Community Residential Treatment.
- What does HB1530 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act relating to community residential treatment.
- What is the status of HB1530?
- Failed as of February 4, 2026. Latest action: The committee(s) on HLT recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. (February 4, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB1530?
- Sam Kong (D, HD-033).
- Where is the official record for HB1530?
- On the Hawaii Legislature website: https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1530&year=2026
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