Bill Text: HI HB2580 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Mental Health.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-07 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) McDermott, Yamashita excused (2). [HB2580 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-HB2580-Amended.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 353C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§353C- Mental health first aid training. (a)
The judiciary shall establish a mental health first aid training program
for personnel in the district and family courts whose duties include
proceedings for restraining or protective orders. The program shall include a mandatory eight-hour
interactive training course triennially that teaches the skills necessary to
assist a person who is developing or has developed a mental health disorder or
mental health crisis, and to de-escalate crisis situations as needed.
(b) The mandatory
interactive training shall instruct personnel to, at a minimum:
(1) Identify signs
of mental health crises, illness, and instability;
(2) Identify signs
of behavioral and psychological patterns of mental health disorders;
(3) Provide initial
assistance to persons with mental health disorders or mental health crises;
(4) Guide
individuals requiring assistance toward appropriate professional help;
(5) Provide comfort
to persons experiencing mental health disorders or mental health crises;
(6) Assist in preventing
a mental health disorder from deteriorating into a more serious condition that
may lead to more costly interventions and treatments;
(7) Provide
information on and referral to outreach workers who are trained to assist
persons with mental health disorders and mental health crises; and
(8) Promote healing, recovery, and good mental health."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Mental Health First Aid Training; Judiciary
Description:
Requires the judiciary to establish a mental health first aid training program that provides mandatory eight-hour sessions triennially for personnel in the district and family courts whose duties include proceedings for restraining or protective orders. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
