KA ‘AHA KENEKOA
THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2023
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Senator Joy A. San Buenaventura, Chair |
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Senator Henry J.C. Aquino, Vice Chair |
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Senator Karl Rhoads, Chair |
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Senator Mike Gabbard, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Monday, February 13, 2023 |
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TIME: |
10:30am |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 016 & Videoconference State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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TIMESLOT: |
JDC |
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A G E N D A
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RELATING TO REHABILITATION. Expands the criminal justice diversion program. Amends the allowable period of court-ordered assisted community treatment and considerations for extensions. Allows courts to require certain probation violators to undergo mental health evaluation and treatment as a condition of continued probation. Requires DOH to contract with behavioral health crisis centers. Appropriates funds.
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JDC/HHS, WAM |
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RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT. Requires certain amounts of child support moneys collected by the Department of Human Services for public assistance of a child to pass through to the family receiving public assistance. Requires the Department of Human Services to disregard passed-through child support payments when calculating the income of an applicant for or recipient of public assistance. Increases the maximum fine for an employer who discharges from employment, refuses to employ, or takes disciplinary action against a noncustodial parent subject to income withholding or who fails to comply with an order of assignment of future income to pay child support. Appropriates funds.
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HHS/JDC, WAM |
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RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. 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.
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HHS/JDC, WAM |
Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
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_____________________________________ Senator Karl Rhoads Chair |
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_____________________________________ Senator Joy A. San Buenaventura Chair |
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