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HI Rev Stat § 334-2.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|334. Mental Health, Mental Illness, Drug Addiction, and Alcoholism|334-2.5 Contracts for facilities and services.

  §334-2.5 Contracts for facilities and services. (a) The director may contract with any person for:  (1) The development or operation of private in-state psychiatric facilities;  (2) The placement of patients in existing private or public psychiatric facilities; and  (3) The provision of:  (A) Secure psychiatric rehabilitation services;  (B) Crisis intervention and stabilization services;  (C) Intensive treatment and wraparound services;  (D) Diversion services;  (E) Special treatment facilities or therapeutic living programs as defined in section 334-1;  (F) Case management services;  (G) Housing services;   (H) Outreach services, with priority for outreach services intended to help homeless individuals with serious and persistent mental health challenges reside in homeless facilities, permanent dwelling units, or other facilities and avoid returning to homelessness; and  (I) Other mental health treatment and rehabilitation services.  (b) The department may operate or contract for a secure psychiatric rehabilitation program for individuals who require intensive therapeutic treatment and rehabilitation in a secure setting. The services authorized by this section shall be for persons:  (1) Involuntarily hospitalized under this chapter for whom the services cannot be reimbursed, covered, or provided by an insurer, plan, or other person;  (2) Committed to the custody of the director under chapter 704; and  (3) Appropriately hospitalized under chapter 704 or 706.  The director shall be responsible for the appropriate placement of all persons placed in facilities or services contracted for or operated by the director under paragraphs (1) through (3).  Any such person placed in a facility or services contracted for or operated by the director who leaves or remains away from the facility or services, without permission, may be apprehended and returned to the facility or services by any employee of the department or by any law enforcement officer without any warrant or further proceeding.  (c) The department shall:  (1) See that patients who receive services under contract or provided directly by the department pursuant to subsection (a) receive the care and treatment for which the department has contracted or for which appropriate services are provided directly by the department;  (2) Make periodic reviews of the records of each person committed to the director €™s custody or hospitalized pursuant to this chapter, chapter 704, or chapter 706;  (3) In suitable cases, discharge or place on authorized absence persons committed to the director €™s custody or hospitalized pursuant to this chapter, chapter 704, or chapter 706; and  (4) Keep a medical record of each person committed to the director €™s custody or hospitalized pursuant to this chapter, chapter 704, or chapter 706. [L 1999, c 119, §2; am L 2013, c 232, §2; am L 2016, c 186, §4]
HI Rev Stat § 334-3.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|334. Mental Health, Mental Illness, Drug Addiction, and Alcoholism|334-3.5 Employment program for the chronically mentally ill established.

  §334-3.5 Employment program for the chronically mentally ill established. There is established within the mental health division of the department of health a community-based employment program for the chronically mentally ill to (1) create business enterprises for employment of the chronically mentally ill; (2) teach the skills and attitudes which will enable the chronically mentally ill to become employed; and (3) provide support services including housing so that the chronically mentally ill can secure and maintain employment and live within the community. [L 1987, c 340, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 334-4 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|334. Mental Health, Mental Illness, Drug Addiction, and Alcoholism|334-4 Personnel for mental health program.

  §334-4 Personnel for mental health program. The director shall appoint professional and nonprofessional staff as the director deems necessary to carry out the state mental health program and for which appropriations are available. Positions for psychiatrists are exempted from chapter 76. The director may employ psychiatrists as needed by the department on a contractual basis, subject to the approval of the governor. The director may appoint an administrator, three associate administrators, a director of psychosocial rehabilitation, a chief of the department of nursing, a risk manager, a patients €™ rights advisor, and a facilities plant engineer for the state hospital or a secure psychiatric rehabilitation facility established pursuant to this chapter and these positions shall be exempt from chapter 76. [L 1967, c 259, pt of §1; HRS §334-4; gen ch 1985; am L 1996, c 125, §2; am L 1998, c 97, §1; am L 1999, c 119, §4; am L 2000, c 253, §150]
HI Rev Stat § 334-5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|334. Mental Health, Mental Illness, Drug Addiction, and Alcoholism|334-5 Confidentiality of records.

  §334-5 Confidentiality of records. All certificates, applications, records, and reports made for the purposes of this chapter that are maintained, used, or disclosed by health care providers as defined in this chapter, health plans as defined in title 45 Code of Federal Regulations section 160.103, and health care clearinghouses as defined in title 45 Code of Federal Regulations section 160.103, and directly or indirectly identifying a person subject hereto shall be kept confidential and shall not be disclosed by any person except as allowed by title 45 Code of Federal Regulations part 164, subpart E. Nothing in this section shall preclude the:  (1) Application of more restrictive rules of confidentiality set forth for records covered by title 42 Code of Federal Regulations part 2, relating to the confidentiality of alcohol and drug abuse patient records;  (2) Disclosure deemed necessary under the federal Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986, P.L. 99-319, to protect and advocate for the rights of persons with mental illness who reside in facilities providing treatment or care; or  (3) Disclosures made by a court or the Hawaii criminal justice data center of orders of involuntary civil commitment issued pursuant to section 334-60.5 for the purpose of firearms permitting or registration pursuant to chapter 134. [L 1967, c 259, pt of §1; HRS §334-5; am L 1973, c 122, §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1987, c 148, §1; am L 1999, c 87, §3; am L Sp 2000 2d, c 1, §1; am L 2001, c 244, § §3, 6; am L 2003, c 204, §8; am L 2004, c 22, §1; am L 2008, c 98, §2; am L 2014, c 87, §3 and c 214, §4]
HI Rev Stat § 334-6 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|334. Mental Health, Mental Illness, Drug Addiction, and Alcoholism|334-6 Fees; payment of expenses for treatment services.

 §334-6 Fees; payment of expenses for treatment services. (a) Pursuant to chapter 91, the director shall establish reasonable charges for treatment services and may make collections on such charges. In making the collections on such charges the director shall take into consideration the financial circumstances of the patient and the patient €™s family including a reciprocal beneficiary, and no collections shall be made where in the judgment of the director, such collections would tend to make the patient or the patient €™s family including a reciprocal beneficiary, a public charge or deprive the patient and the patient €™s family including a reciprocal beneficiary, of necessary support.  (b) Every person hospitalized at a psychiatric facility or receiving treatment services through a community mental health center under the jurisdiction of the State or a county, or at a psychiatric facility or through a community mental health center which derives more than fifty per cent of its revenues from the general fund of the State, or pursuant to contract with the director under section 334-2.5, shall be liable for the expenses attending their reception, maintenance, and treatment and any property not exempt from execution belonging to the person shall be subject to sequestration for the payment of the expenses. Every parent or legal guardian of a patient who is a minor and every spouse or reciprocal beneficiary of a patient shall be liable for the expenses attending the reception, maintenance, and treatment of that minor child or spouse or reciprocal beneficiary who is hospitalized at a psychiatric facility or receiving treatment through a community mental health center under the jurisdiction of the State or a county, or at a psychiatric facility or through a community mental health center which derives more than fifty per cent of its revenues from the general fund of the State, or pursuant to contract with the director under section 334-2.5. [L 1967, c 259, pt of §1; HRS §334-6; am L 1971, c 153, §1; am L 1972, c 80, §1; am L 1991, c 243, §2; gen ch 1992; am L 1997, c 383, §44; am L 1999, c 119, §5]
HI Rev Stat § 334-7 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|334. Mental Health, Mental Illness, Drug Addiction, and Alcoholism|334-7 Donations or grants to department.

 §334-7 Donations or grants to department. The department of health is authorized to accept donations or grants from individuals and other agencies, public and private, to further the purposes of the mental health program. The donations or grants shall in fact be used for the mental health program and for the intended purpose, if specified. [L 1967, c 259, pt of §1; HRS §334-7]
HI Rev Stat § 334-8 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|334. Mental Health, Mental Illness, Drug Addiction, and Alcoholism|334-8 Agreements.

 §334-8 Agreements. In carrying out the director €™s duties under this chapter:  (1) The director of health may enter into agreements with the United States and with other state departments, agencies, and political subdivisions and enter into assistance agreements for services with a profit organization incorporated under the laws of the State or a nonprofit organization determined to be exempt from the federal income tax by the Internal Revenue Service and allocate and expend any funds appropriated for the purposes of such agreements and do all things necessary to accomplish the purposes and provisions thereof.  (2) The director shall establish standards and review procedures to assure that recipients of state funding provide the services and facilities necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the funds are provided. [L 1967, c 259, pt of §1; HRS §334-8; am L 1984, c 78, §1 and c 218, §4; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 334-9 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|334. Mental Health, Mental Illness, Drug Addiction, and Alcoholism|334-9 Rules.

 §334-9 Rules. The director of health shall adopt rules in accordance with chapter 91 to carry out this chapter. [L 1967, c 259, pt of §1; HRS §334-9; am L 1984, c 218, §5]
HI Rev Stat § 334-11 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|334. Mental Health, Mental Illness, Drug Addiction, and Alcoholism|334-11 Service area boards.

  §334-11 Service area boards. (a) A service area board shall be established within the department of health for administrative purposes to advise each service area administrator. Each board shall consist of nine members appointed by the governor, who shall serve for terms to be determined by the governor. After the initial appointees, the governor shall fill each vacancy on a board by appointing a member from a list of four persons submitted by that board, except that, if the board is unable to achieve a quorum at two consecutive meetings called for the purpose of making such a list, the list may be provided by a group of at least seven service area consumers and nonproviders of mental health services. This group shall consist of all board members willing to participate in making the list and other area consumers and nonproviders of mental health services to be selected by the service area board chairperson and service area administrator. Any meeting called for the purpose of making the list shall be subject to part I of chapter 92. The members of the board shall be service area residents, who are consumers or nonproviders of mental health services and service area providers with a majority being non-state employees and nonproviders of mental health or other health services.  Each board shall elect a chairperson from among its members. All members shall serve without compensation but shall be paid their necessary expenses in attending meetings of the board.  (b) Each service area administrator and board, in consultation with public and private providers, shall participate in the development of comprehensive integrated service area plans and budgets. Each board shall advise the service area administrator about service area needs to prevent and treat mental or emotional disorders, combined mental illness substance abuse disorders, and persons afflicted by these disorders, and provide advice, guidance, and recommendations to both the advisory commission on drug abuse and controlled substances, section 329-2, and the state council on mental health, section 334-10, as they deem appropriate.  (c) If a service area administrator's actions are not in conformance with the board's planning decisions, the service area administrator shall provide a written explanation to the board.  (d) A quorum for purposes of doing business shall consist of a majority of the members serving on a board immediately before a meeting begins.  (e) If a quorum is present when a vote is taken, the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present shall constitute a valid act of a board unless this chapter, part I of chapter 92, or the articles or bylaws of the board require the vote of a greater number of members. [L 1984, c 218, pt of §1; am L 1985, c 6, §1; am L 1987, c 14, §1; am L 1993, c 210, §3; am L 2004, c 79, §4; am L 2018, c 138, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 334-12 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|334. Mental Health, Mental Illness, Drug Addiction, and Alcoholism|334-12 Bilingual mental health services.

  §334-12 Bilingual mental health services. (a) There is established in the mental health division of the department of health, a mental health unit which shall provide bilingual mental health services statewide.  (b) The mental health unit established in this section shall have the following functions and shall provide the following services:  (1) Outreach;  (2) Education;  (3) Case finding;  (4) Screening;  (5) Referral and linkage;  (6) Consultation;  (7) Crisis stabilization;  (8) Community support services;  (9) System advocacy;  (10) Client support and advocacy; and  (11) Monitoring and follow-up. [L 1989, c 78, §3]
HI Rev Stat § 334-13 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|334. Mental Health, Mental Illness, Drug Addiction, and Alcoholism|334-13 Representative payee program.

 §334-13 Representative payee program.  (a) There is established a representative payee program within the department of health, to be administered by the director of health, to provide representative payee services to "mentally ill persons", "persons suffering from substance abuse", and persons referred from the department of human services who receive financial assistance and have a primary medical diagnosis of substance abuse.  (b) In developing this program, the department of health shall consider the following:  (1) Services to the neighbor islands;  (2) Training for representative payees;  (3) Representative payees for care home residents;  (4) Representative payees for homeless persons;  (5) The use of case managers as representative payees;  (6) The development of due process procedures to protect the rights of mentally ill persons and persons suffering from substance abuse; and  (7) The development and implementation of an inter-agency working agreement with the department of human services to carry out the purposes of this program. [L 1990, c 169, §2; am L 1995, c 207, §3]
HI Rev Stat § 334-14 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|334. Mental Health, Mental Illness, Drug Addiction, and Alcoholism|334-14 Group homes for substance abusers; source of funds; disposition of receipts.

 §334-14 Group homes for substance abusers; source of funds; disposition of receipts. (a) All moneys to make loans for the establishment of housing in which individuals recovering from alcohol or drug abuse may reside in groups of not less than four individuals, shall be allocated by the legislature through appropriations out of the state general fund.  (b) The department shall include in its budgetary request for each upcoming fiscal period, the amounts necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section.  (c) All moneys received from other funding sources, including but not limited to federal sources, or in repayment of loan principal, payment of interest, or fees, under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the state general fund. [L 1990, c 177, §2; am L 1993, c 280, §36]
HI Rev Stat § 334-15 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|334. Mental Health, Mental Illness, Drug Addiction, and Alcoholism|334-15 Mental health and substance abuse special fund; established.

 §334-15 Mental health and substance abuse special fund; established. (a) There is established a special fund to be known as the mental health and substance abuse special fund into which shall be deposited all revenues and other moneys collected from certification programs and treatment services rendered by the mental health and substance abuse programs operated by the State. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the department is authorized to establish separate accounts within the special fund for depositing moneys received from certification programs and from each mental health and substance abuse program. Moneys deposited into the respective accounts of each program shall be used for the payment of the operating expenses of the respective program.  (b) The director shall submit a report to the legislature, not later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session, which identifies for each account in the special fund, the account balance and ceiling increase, any transfers and expenditures made, and the purposes of the expenditures. [L 1991, c 243, §1; am L 1995, c 214, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 334-16 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|334. Mental Health, Mental Illness, Drug Addiction, and Alcoholism|334-16 Annual report; forensic patient data.

  §334-16 Annual report; forensic patient data. The department of health shall submit an annual report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session which, at a minimum, shall summarize yearly data on forensic patients, including:  (1) Gross numbers for admissions to and discharges from the Hawaii state hospital;  (2) The number of admissions to, discharges from, and lengths of stays in the Hawaii state hospital, broken down by the following commitment categories:  (A) Original order under section 704-411(1)(a);  (B) Pending examination under section 704-411(3);   (C) Maximum seventy-two-hour recommitment pending examination under section 704-413(1);   (D) Original order under section 704-404; and  (E) Original order under section 704-406;  (3) Number of persons committed to the Hawaii state hospital by each court and county;  (4) Gross lengths of stay in the Hawaii state hospital for:  (A) Patients discharged during the fiscal year; and  (B) Individuals remaining as inpatients at the end of the fiscal year; and  (5) Number of patients in the Hawaii state hospital on forensic status, broken down by categories of underlying crimes, such as by crimes against the person, sex offenses, and property crimes, and by grade of offense. [L 2008, c 100, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 334-21 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|334. Mental Health, Mental Illness, Drug Addiction, and Alcoholism|334-21 Licensing of psychiatric facilities.

  §334-21 Licensing of psychiatric facilities. No person, association, corporation, or government agency shall establish, maintain, or operate a psychiatric facility to which persons are involuntarily admitted without first obtaining a license therefor from the department of health. The license may be for a definite period and shall be subject to revocation as hereinafter provided. The issuance of a license shall be based upon an application which shall be in such form and shall contain such information as the department may require. The facility must be able to provide adequate care and treatment in conformance with standards established by the department. The department may, at any and all times, examine and ascertain whether a licensed facility is being conducted in compliance with the license and applicable rules and regulations. Subject to chapter 91, the department may, if the interests of the public or of the patients of a facility so demand, for just and reasonable cause then appearing and to be stated in its order, amend or revoke a license by an order to take effect within such time as the department shall determine. This section shall not apply to any facility operated by the United States or any agency thereof. L 1967, c 259, pt of §1; HRS §334-21; am L 1968, c 6, §3; am L 1977, c 76, §2 Cross References  For admission to a psychiatric facility, see part IV.
HI Rev Stat § 334-22 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|334. Mental Health, Mental Illness, Drug Addiction, and Alcoholism|334-22 Penalty.

 §334-22 Penalty. Any person who and any association or corporation which establishes, maintains, or operates a psychiatric facility for compensation or hire without holding a valid license issued under this part, and any officer of any association or corporation who participates in the violation, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or, in the case of an individual, imprisoned not more than six months, or both. [L 1967, c 259, pt of §1; HRS §334-22] Cross References  Classification of offense and authorized punishment, see § §701-107, 706-640, 663.
HI Rev Stat § 334-23 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|334. Mental Health, Mental Illness, Drug Addiction, and Alcoholism|334-23 Money belonging to patients.

 §334-23 Money belonging to patients. Whenever small amounts of cash come into the hands of the administrator of a psychiatric facility, the administrator may, without seeking the appointment of a guardian, deposit the money in a bank or other financial institution and from time to time as the administrator may determine apply the same or any part thereof for the benefit of the patient, provided that so long as a guardian is not appointed, the administrator shall not apply any part of the cash for the maintenance of the patient in the facility. [L 1967, c 259, pt of §1; HRS §334-23; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 334-24 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|334. Mental Health, Mental Illness, Drug Addiction, and Alcoholism|334-24 Admission; discharge; civil liability.

 §334-24 Admission; discharge; civil liability. No person shall be admitted to, detained at, or discharged from any psychiatric facility except as provided in this chapter and in chapters 571, 704 and 706. [L 1967, c 259, pt of §1; HRS §334-24; am L 1976, c 130, §2]