Hawaii House Bill 1503 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 25 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
Pending: House Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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.

Relating To Mental Health.

Rep. Scott Saiki [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-12-11		Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
2023-01-30	House	Referred to HLT/JHA, FIN, referral sheet 3
2023-01-25	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.

HB1503 (Carry Over) 2023-01-30 - Referred to HLT/JHA, FIN, referral sheet 3
SB1492 (Same As) 2024-03-25 - Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1503&year=2024
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB1503_.HTM