HB 1503 Hawaii House · 2024 Regular Session

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.

Summary
Requires the Department of Health to respond to reports about persons having severe mental illness and in need of assistance and to assess whether those persons may fulfill the criteria for assisted community treatment. Requires the Department of Health to track and publicly report certain data relating to crisis reports, emergency mental health transports, and court-ordered treatments. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Health for software and data collection and publication. Requires courts, when dismissing an involuntary hospitalization petition for a person, to assess whether the person meets the criteria for assisted community treatment. Requires the Department of the Attorney General to assist in the preparation and filing of certain assisted community treatment petitions and related court proceedings.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 25, 2023 Last action Dec 11, 2023
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Jan 30, 2023
House · Referred to committee
Referred to HLT/JHA, FIN, referral sheet 3
Jan 25, 2023
House · Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
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Scott Saiki
DDemocratic
HI
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