reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
HI Rev Stat § 321-316 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|321. Department of Health|321-316 Immunity from liability.

  §321-316 Immunity from liability. Any health care professional or laboratory director who complies with this part shall not be held civilly or criminally liable for providing the information required under this part. [L 1987, c 186, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 321-317 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|321. Department of Health|321-317 Rules.

  §321-317 Rules. The director of health shall adopt rules necessary for the purposes of this part pursuant to chapter 91. The rules shall include the director's determination of the penalties to be assessed for any failure of a health care professional or laboratory director to comply with the reporting requirements established under this part. [L 1987, c 186, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 321-321 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|321. Department of Health|321-321 Purpose.

  §321-321 Purpose. The purpose of this part is to enable the department of health to assure the availability of programs and services which promote the health of women of childbearing age, mothers, families, infants, children, youths, and adolescents. These programs shall further the State's goals of providing for the health and well-being of women and mothers and help to insure that healthy babies become healthy adults. [L 1988, c 203, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 321-322 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|321. Department of Health|321-322 Administration of programs.

  §321-322 Administration of programs. The department of health may administer programs to reduce infant and maternal mortality and morbidity, and otherwise promote the health of women of childbearing age, mothers, families, infants, children, youths, and adolescents. The types of services to be provided may include but need not be limited to perinatal care, prenatal education including individual risk reduction, maternal care, baby and child care, adolescent health care, and family planning. [L 1988, c 203, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 321-323 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|321. Department of Health|321-323 Definitions.

  §321-323 Definitions. For the purposes of this part:  "Preventive health care services" means services which promote, enhance, or maintain optimal health and well-being.  "Target population" means women of childbearing age, mothers, families, infants, children, youths, and adolescents. [L 1988, c 203, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 321-324 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|321. Department of Health|321-324 Powers of the department.

  §321-324 Powers of the department. The department of health may:  (1) Make available to the target population quality health care services, with emphasis on preventive health services;  (2) Develop, extend, and improve the services; and  (3) Cooperate with the federal government, through its appropriate agency or instrumentality, in identifying needs, developing, extending, and improving the services, and receiving and expending all funds made available to the department by the federal government, the State, or its political subdivisions, or from any other source, including private donations, for the purposes of this part. [L 1988, c 203, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 321-325 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|321. Department of Health|321-325 Agreements.

  §321-325 Agreements. In carrying out the purposes of this part the director of health may:  (1) Enter into agreements with the United States and with other state departments, agencies, and political subdivisions, and enter into assistance agreements for services with profit organizations incorporated under the laws of the State or nonprofit organizations 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 of this part; and  (2) 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 1988, c 203, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 321-326 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|321. Department of Health|321-326 Rules.

  §321-326 Rules.  The director shall adopt rules necessary to carry out the purposes of this part, including the establishment of criteria to determine eligibility to participate in the services provided under this part. [L 1988, c 203, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 321-327 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|321. Department of Health|321-327 Hawaii home visiting program; established.

  §321-327 Hawaii home visiting program; established.  (a) There is established within the department of health the Hawaii home visiting program, which shall be responsible for statewide hospital-based screening and home visiting services to identify families of newborns at risk for poor health and safety outcomes, including child abuse and neglect, to promote healthy child development and strengthen families.  (b) Within the limits of available funds, the hospital-based screening and home visiting services program shall:  (1) Provide proactive, universal screening of newborns' families, using one or more screening tools validated for identifying levels of risk for poor health and safety outcomes and child abuse and neglect as designated by the department of health;  (2) Refer high-risk families to Hawaii home visiting program providers who shall employ evidence-based models of service; and  (3) Consider as a high priority, families at risk for poor health outcomes, child abuse, or neglect. [L 2013, c 91, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 321-331 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|321. Department of Health|321-331 Prenatal health care; authority.

  §321-331 Prenatal health care; authority. (a) The department of health may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to ensure that all pregnant women in this State are offered appropriate information, quality testing, diagnostic services, and follow-up services concerning neural tube defects and other disorders amenable to prenatal diagnosis. The purpose of prenatal screening and diagnosis is to obtain vital information for the pregnant woman and her family as well as for the providers of her health care. It can be used to provide appropriate care and to assist the woman and her family to achieve optimal health outcomes. Nothing in this section shall be construed to mean that prenatal screening and testing are mandatory.  (b) The department of health may:  (1) Provide educational resources to all women in the State before and early in pregnancy about the availability of prenatal tests, including non-directive counseling and impartial information on the benefits, risks, and limitations of prenatal tests;  (2) Make available prenatal screening and diagnosis tests to all pregnant women in this State who choose to be so screened;  (3) Specify the diseases which may be screened for;  (4) Determine screening and diagnostic test methodologies;  (5) Establish laboratory quality control standards for performance of designated tests;  (6) Provide technical assistance to laboratories, hospitals, physicians, and other health care providers;  (7) Maintain a confidential registry and collect appropriate statistical data for the purposes of research and evaluation;  (8) Collect fees for program services; and  (9) Maintain confidentiality of records of women and their families participating in the program. [L 1988, c 23, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 321-341 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|321. Department of Health|321-341 Multidisciplinary and multiagency reviews.

  §321-341 Multidisciplinary and multiagency reviews. The department of health may conduct multidisciplinary and multiagency reviews of child deaths in order to reduce the incidence of preventable child deaths. [L 1997, c 369, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 321-342 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|321. Department of Health|321-342 Definitions.

  §321-342 Definitions. As used in this part:  "Child" means a person under eighteen years of age.  "Child death review information" means information regarding the child and child's family, including but not limited to:  (1) Social, medical, and legal histories;  (2) Death and birth certificates;  (3) Law enforcement investigative data;  (4) Medical examiner or coroner investigative data;  (5) Parole and probation information and records;  (6) Information and records of social service agencies;  (7) Educational records; and  (8) Health care institution information.  "Department" means the department of health.  "Director" means the director of health or the director's designated representatives.  "Family" means:  (1) Each legal parent;  (2) The natural mother;  (3) The natural father;  (4) The adjudicated, presumed, or concerned natural father as defined under section 578-2;  (5) Each parent's spouse or former spouses;  (6) Each sibling or person related by consanguinity or marriage;  (7) Each person residing in the same dwelling unit; and  (8) Any other person who, or legal entity that, is a child's legal or physical custodian or guardian, or who is otherwise responsible for the child's care, other than an authorized agency that assumes such a legal status or relationship with the child under chapter 587A.  "Preventable death" means a death that reasonable medical, social, legal, psychological, or educational intervention may have prevented.  "Provider of medical care" means any health care practitioner who provides, or a facility through which is provided, any medical evaluation or treatment, including dental and mental health evaluation or treatment. [L 1997, c 369, pt of §1; am L 2010, c 135, §7]
HI Rev Stat § 321-343 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|321. Department of Health|321-343 Access to information; use of child death review information; protections.

  §321-343 Access to information; use of child death review information; protections. (a) Upon written request of the director, all providers of health care, social services, and state and county agencies shall disclose to the department, and those individuals appointed by the director to participate in the review of child deaths, child death review information regarding the circumstances of a child's death so that the department may conduct a multidisciplinary and multiagency review of child deaths pursuant to section 321-31 and this part. All requested disclosures shall comply with state and federal privacy statutes and regulations, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, and the department shall not request records of any internal hospital committee, peer review committee, or quality improvement review process. The department may enter into a memorandum of agreement with hospitals regarding requests for information to be used for child death reviews.  (b) To the extent that this section conflicts with other state confidentiality and disclosure laws, this section shall prevail.  (c) Except as otherwise provided in this part, all child death review information acquired by the department during its review of child deaths pursuant to this part is confidential and may only be disclosed as necessary to carry out the purposes of this part.  (d) No individual participating in the review of a child death shall be questioned in any civil or criminal proceeding regarding information presented in or opinions formed as a result of a multidisciplinary review. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent a person from testifying to information obtained independently of the department's request for child death review information or the multidisciplinary team's review of the child death, or which is public information, or where disclosure is required by a court of law.  (e) Child death review information held by the department as a result of child death reviews conducted under this part shall not be subject to subpoena, discovery, or introduction into evidence in any civil or criminal proceeding, except that child death review information otherwise available from other sources shall not be immune from subpoena, discovery, or introduction into evidence through those sources solely because they were provided to the department as required by this part. [L 1997, c 369, pt of §1; am L 2016, c 203, §3]
HI Rev Stat § 321-344 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|321. Department of Health|321-344 Exception.

  §321-344 Exception. Information regarding an ongoing civil or criminal investigation shall be disclosed at the discretion of the applicable state, county, or federal law enforcement agency. [L 1997, c 369, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 321-345 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|321. Department of Health|321-345 REPEALED.

  §321-345 REPEALED. L 2016, c 203, §4.
HI Rev Stat § 321-345.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|321. Department of Health|321-345.5 Child death reviews; reports.

  §321-345.5 Child death reviews; reports. (a) The director shall submit an annual written report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session on the status of child death reviews conducted by the department pursuant to this part. The annual report shall cover the calendar year immediately prior to the year in which the report is due and shall describe the total number of child deaths in Hawaii and the causes of those deaths, the number of deaths of children in state custody and the causes of those deaths, any child death review activities conducted by the department, trends in child deaths, and recommendations for system changes, including any proposed legislation.  (b) Upon written request of the director, a state or county agency shall report deaths of children in the custody of the state or county agency to the department, including any information on the circumstances of the child's death deemed relevant by the director.  (c) The director shall submit a copy of any other child death review report published by the department, including findings and recommendations resulting from such a review, to the legislature upon the report's publication. [L 2016, c 203, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 321-346 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|321. Department of Health|321-346 Immunity from liability.

  §321-346 Immunity from liability. All agencies and individuals participating in the review of child deaths pursuant to this part shall not be held civilly or criminally liable for providing the information required under this part. [L 1997, c 369, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 321-352 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|321. Department of Health|321-352 Early intervention services for infants and toddlers with special needs.

 §321-352 Early intervention services for infants and toddlers with special needs. The department may develop a statewide, coordinated, multidisciplinary program which contains a continuum of services to meet the needs of infants and toddlers with special needs. The department shall be the lead agency for the coordination of federal and state funding for those programs. Pursuant to chapter 103F, the department may purchase services appropriate to carry out activities under this part. [L 1989, c 107, pt of §2; am L 1991, c 335, §7; am L 1997, c 190, §6]
HI Rev Stat § 321-352.2 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|321. Department of Health|321-352.2 Early language services for children who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind.

  §321-352.2 Early language services for children who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind. Early intervention services for infants and toddlers may include, but not be limited to, service providers and mentors of the deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind who use American Sign Language; service providers and mentors of the deaf who use oral language; American Sign Language teachers for families of young children; family-to-family support; and training of early intervention providers. [L 2016, c 177, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 321-354 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|321. Department of Health|321-354 Rules.

  §321-354 Rules. The director, in consultation with the council, private agencies, users of services under this part, and other interested parties, may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to carry out the purposes of this part. [L 1989, c 107, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 321-355 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|321. Department of Health|321-355 Early intervention special fund.

  §321-355 Early intervention special fund.  (a) There is established in the state treasury a special fund to be known as the early intervention special fund to be administered by the department in accordance with this section.  (b) The fund shall consist of grants and income earned by the special fund. All program income consisting of federal reimbursement funds received by the State for early intervention funded by legislative appropriations under this part shall be deposited into the special fund; provided that no state appropriations shall be deposited into the special fund. [L 1997, c 378, pt of §2; ree L 1998, c 43, pt of §1(1); am L 2011, c 124, §42]
HI Rev Stat § 321-356 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|321. Department of Health|321-356 REPEALED.

  §321-356 REPEALED. L 2016, c 43, §4.
HI Rev Stat § 321-357 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|321. Department of Health|321-357 Early intervention special fund; purpose and use.

  §321-357 Early intervention special fund; purpose and use. (a) The purpose of the early intervention special fund is to expand and enhance early intervention services for infants and toddlers with special needs by providing a cooperative funding mechanism between the public and private sectors to work together to make and secure appropriations and donations to the fund.  (b) The department may procure services under chapters 103D and 103F in accordance with criteria and procedures established by rules adopted pursuant to chapter 91, for community-based, family-centered, early intervention services including but not limited to:  (1) Programs to provide early intervention services for infants and toddlers with developmental delays or at biological or environmental risk;  (2) Family support programs to strengthen families to reduce the risk of child abuse and neglect;  (3) Training and education for professionals, paraprofessionals, and families; and  (4) Research, evaluation, and data management related to early intervention services.  (c) Services to be procured under this section shall be in accordance with chapters 103D and 103F and take the following forms:  (1) Purchase of service contracts to private nonprofit organizations, public agencies, or qualified individuals to provide community-based, family-centered, early intervention services; or  (2) Direct payments for services, educational materials, training, quality assurance, equipment, data collection, and program evaluation.  (d) The Hawaii early intervention coordinating council shall make recommendations to the department for the expenditure of moneys from the early intervention special fund. [L 1997, c 378, pt of §2; am L 1998, c 43, pt of §1(1); am L 2016, c 43, §3]
HI Rev Stat § 321-361 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|321. Department of Health|321-361 Definitions.

Revision Note In this part, "part" substituted for "chapter".  §321-361 Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  "Department" means the department of health.  "Hearing-impaired infant" means an infant who has an impairment that is a dysfunction of the auditory system of any type or degree sufficient to interfere with the acquisition and development of speech and language skills.  "Infant" means a child from birth to thirty-six months of age.  "Management" means the habilitation of the hearing-impaired infant.  "Screening" means a test or battery of tests administered to determine the need for a professional examination. [L 1990, c 85, pt of §3]
HI Rev Stat § 321-362 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|321. Department of Health|321-362 Duties

  §321-362 Duties. It shall be the duty and responsibility of the department to:  (1) Establish, implement, and evaluate a statewide program for early identification of, and intervention for, hearing impairment in infants;  (2) Establish standards and guidelines for the screening, identification, diagnosis, intervention, and monitoring of infants with hearing impairment and infants at risk for delayed onset of hearing impairment;  (3) Develop a plan in conjunction with the department of education's statewide center for students with hearing or visual impairments to involve the parents or guardians with the medical and educational follow-up and management of infants who have been identified as hearing-impaired or at risk of delayed onset of hearing impairments; and  (4) Collect and analyze program data in relation to the duties and responsibilities of the department. [L 1990, c 85, pt of §3; am L 2001, c 42, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 321-362.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|321. Department of Health|321-362.5 Screening for hearing impairment. (a) All newborn infants shall be screened for hearing impairment for early identification of children with hearing loss and for the promotion of their development of language and communication. (b) The person in charge of each birthing facility caring for newborn infants and the responsible physician attending the birth of a newborn or the person assisting the birth of a child not attended by a physician shall ensure that every infant in the person's care be screened for hearing impairment. This section shall not apply if the parent, guardian, or other person having custody or control of the child objects to the screening in writing on the grounds that the screening conflicts with their religious beliefs. The written objection shall be made a part of the infant's medical record. (c) Birthing facilities screening newborn infants for hearing impairment shall report screening results to the department, for the purpose of the department ensuring a statewide system for the screening, diagnostic evaluation, and intervention for all newborn infants with hearing impairment. [L 2001, c 42, §1]

 §321-362.5 Screening for hearing impairment. (a) All newborn infants shall be screened for hearing impairment for early identification of children with hearing loss and for the promotion of their development of language and communication.  (b) The person in charge of each birthing facility caring for newborn infants and the responsible physician attending the birth of a newborn or the person assisting the birth of a child not attended by a physician shall ensure that every infant in the person's care be screened for hearing impairment. This section shall not apply if the parent, guardian, or other person having custody or control of the child objects to the screening in writing on the grounds that the screening conflicts with their religious beliefs. The written objection shall be made a part of the infant's medical record.  (c) Birthing facilities screening newborn infants for hearing impairment shall report screening results to the department, for the purpose of the department ensuring a statewide system for the screening, diagnostic evaluation, and intervention for all newborn infants with hearing impairment. [L 2001, c 42, §1]