Bill Text: HI SB2005 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Mental Health.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-29 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. [SB2005 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB2005-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to mental health.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
(1) The new facility shall provide treatment to any inmate or detainee who:
(A) Exhibits signs of mental illness, including but not limited to a diagnosis of a mental illness;
(B) Poses a danger of physical harm to self or danger of physical harm to others; or
(C) Requests treatment and meets admittance criteria as established by the department of corrections and rehabilitation;
(2) Treatment at the mental health facility is medically appropriate; and
(3) Considering less intrusive alternatives, treatment at the mental health facility is essential to forestall the danger posed by the inmate or detainee.
(b) The department of corrections and rehabilitation may enter into a public-private partnership to plan, design, and construct the mental health facility.
(c) As part of the planning process, the department of corrections and rehabilitation shall hold a community partnering meeting to receive community input and comments regarding the proposed location, size, programming, and other matters pertaining to the mental health facility.
(d) The mental health facility shall be a secure, minimum- to medium-security community correctional facility designed to provide medical treatment to inmates and detainees with mental health needs.
SECTION 2. The director of finance is authorized to issue general obligation bonds in the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary is appropriated for fiscal year 2024-2025 for the planning, design, and construction of a mental health facility for inmates and detainees with mental health needs in the custody of the department of corrections and rehabilitation.
SECTION 3. The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of corrections and rehabilitation for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 4. The appropriation made for the capital improvement project authorized by this Act shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal biennium for which the appropriation is made; provided that all moneys from the appropriation unencumbered as of June 30, 2026, shall lapse as of that date.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2024.
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Report Title:
DCR; Inmates; Mental Health Facility; Appropriation
Description:
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to construct a mental health facility for inmates or detainees with mental health needs. Appropriates funds.
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