THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
3139 |
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
S.D. 2 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
H.D. 1 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO CRISIS SERVICES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to:
(1) Establish a crisis intervention and diversion services program within the department of health to expand existing crisis intervention and diversion services to divert persons in crisis from the criminal justice system to the health care system;
(2) Require the department of law enforcement to coordinate crisis intervention training for state and county law enforcement agencies and training and certification of crisis intervention officers; and
(3) Appropriate funds for the crisis intervention and diversion services program, the training of crisis intervention officers, and crisis intervention coordinator positions.
SECTION 2. Chapter 334, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new part to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"PART . CRISIS SERVICES
§334- Crisis intervention and diversion services program. (a) There is established within the department a crisis intervention and diversion services program to redirect persons experiencing mental health disorders and co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders who are at risk for involvement, or currently involved, with the criminal justice system to the appropriate health care system and services. The department shall collaborate with law enforcement agencies, courts, mental health providers, and the community for the execution and implementation of these services.
(b) The department may lease or acquire a facility to operate a behavioral health crisis center to treat and refer persons experiencing behavioral health crises, including persons in the criminal justice system to the appropriate services and providers."
SECTION 3. Chapter 353C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§353C- Crisis intervention training; crisis intervention officers. (a) The department shall coordinate crisis intervention training for state and county law enforcement agencies and crisis intervention officers. The department and county law enforcement agencies shall identify one or more nationally recognized crisis intervention organizations that are able to provide training and certification for crisis intervention officers.
(b) As used in this section, "crisis intervention
officer" means a law enforcement officer who has been trained and
certified to recognize and communicate with a person who is in crisis or
suffering from some form of impairment, whether from dementia, Alzheimer's
disease, or any physical, developmental, cognitive, psychological, or substance
use disorder influencing their behavior."
SECTION 4. Section 334-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding two new definitions to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows:
""Crisis
intervention officer" has the same meaning as in section
353C- .
"Mental health emergency
worker" means a person designated by the department to provide crisis
intervention and emergency stabilization services and to assist in determining
whether a mentally ill person is likely to meet the criteria for emergency
admission and examination."
SECTION 5. Section 334-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
"(c) The department shall specifically:
(1) Perform statewide assessments of the need for prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation services in the areas of mental or emotional disorders and substance abuse;
(2) Adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 for establishing the number and boundaries of the geographical service areas for the delivery of services in the areas of mental or emotional disorders and substance abuse. The department shall periodically review the effectiveness of the geographical service areas in promoting accessibility and continuity of appropriate care to all residents of that geographical area;
(3) Appoint a service area administrator in each county who shall be responsible for the development, delivery, and coordination of services in that area;
(4) Ensure statewide and community-based planning for the ongoing development and coordination of the service delivery system as guided by needs assessment data and performance related information;
(5) Establish standards and rules for psychiatric facilities and their licensing, where applicable;
(6) Establish standards and rules for services in the areas of mental health and substance abuse treatment, including assurances of the provision of minimum levels of accessible service to persons of all ages, ethnic groups, and geographical areas in the State;
(7) Ensure community involvement in determining the service delivery arrangements appropriate to each community of the State;
(8) Cooperate with public and private health, education, and human service groups, agencies, and institutions in establishing a coordinated system to meet the needs of persons with mental or emotional disorders and substance abuse difficulties;
(9) Evaluate and monitor all services in
the fields of mental health and substance abuse where [such] services
are supported fully or in part by state resources;
(10) Promote and conduct research, demonstration projects, and studies concerned with the nature, prevention, intervention, and consequences of mental or emotional disorders and substance abuse;
(11) Keep records, statistical data, and other information as may be necessary in carrying out the functions of the mental health system and this chapter;
(12) Advocate patients' rights in all psychiatric facilities in the State and investigate any grievances submitted to the department by any patient in a psychiatric facility, except as provided in section 334E-2(d). The department shall establish rules and procedures for the purpose of this paragraph within one year after January 1, 1985, and post the rules in a conspicuous manner and accessible place;
(13) Promote and conduct a systematic program of accountability for all services provided, funds expended, and activities carried out under its direction or support in accordance with sound business, management, and scientific principles;
(14) Coordinate mental health resources in each county of the State by the development and presentation of a comprehensive integrated service area plan developed by the service area administrator in conjunction with the service area board. The service area administrator and the service area board, in collaboration with private and public agencies serving their population, shall submit recommendations for the statewide comprehensive integrated service plan, including needs assessment, program planning, resource development, priorities for funding, monitoring, and accountability activities;
(15) Oversee and coordinate service area
programs and provide necessary administrative and technical assistance to
assist service area programs in meeting their program objectives; [and]
(16) Provide staffing to the state council
and service area boards to assist in the performance of their functions[.];
and
(17) Establish standards and rules for
the designation of mental health emergency workers."
SECTION 6. Section 334-59, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) Initiation of proceedings. An emergency admission may be initiated as follows:
(1) If
a law enforcement officer has reason to believe that a person is imminently
dangerous to self or others, the officer shall call for assistance from [the]
a mental health emergency [workers] worker designated by
the director. Upon determination by the
mental health emergency [workers] worker that the person is
imminently dangerous to self or others, the person shall be transported by
ambulance or other suitable means[,] to a licensed psychiatric facility or
other facility designated by the director for further evaluation and
possible emergency hospitalization. If
a crisis intervention officer has probable cause to believe that the person is
imminently dangerous to self or others, the person shall be transported by
ambulance or other suitable means to a designated behavioral health crisis
center designated by the director for further evaluation and possible emergency
hospitalization. A law enforcement
officer may also take into custody and transport to any facility designated by
the director any person threatening or attempting suicide. The officer shall make application for the
examination, observation, and diagnosis of the person in custody. The application shall state or shall be
accompanied by a statement of the circumstances under which the person was
taken into custody and the reasons therefor, which shall be transmitted
with the person to a physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or
psychologist at the facility.
(2) Upon
written or oral application of any licensed physician, advanced practice
registered nurse, psychologist, attorney, member of the clergy, health or
social service professional, or any state or county employee in the course of
employment, a judge may issue an ex parte order orally, but shall reduce the order
to writing by the close of the next court day following the application,
stating that there is probable cause to believe the person is mentally ill or
suffering from substance abuse, is imminently dangerous to self or others and
in need of care or treatment, or both, giving the findings upon which the
conclusion is based. The order shall
direct that a law enforcement officer or other suitable individual take the
person into custody and deliver the person to a designated mental health
program, if subject to an assisted community treatment order issued pursuant to
part VIII [of this chapter], or to the nearest facility designated by
the director for emergency examination and treatment, or both. The ex parte order shall be made a part of
the patient's clinical record. If the
application is oral, the person making the application shall reduce the
application to writing and shall submit the same by noon of the next court day
to the judge who issued the oral ex parte order. The written application shall be executed
subject to the penalties of perjury but need not be sworn to before a notary
public.
(3) Any licensed physician, advanced practice registered nurse, physician assistant, or psychologist who has examined a person and has reason to believe the person is:
(A) Mentally ill or suffering from substance abuse;
(B) Imminently dangerous to self or others; and
(C) In need of care or treatment;
may direct transportation, by ambulance or other suitable means, to a licensed psychiatric facility or other facility designated by the director for further evaluation and possible emergency hospitalization. A licensed physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant may administer treatment as is medically necessary, for the person's safe transportation. A licensed psychologist may administer treatment as is psychologically necessary."
SECTION 7. Section 334-59, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
"(d) Emergency hospitalization. If the psychiatrist or advanced practice registered nurse with prescriptive authority and who holds an accredited national certification in an advanced practice registered nurse psychiatric specialization who performs the emergency examination has reason to believe that the patient is:
(1) Mentally ill or suffering from substance abuse;
(2) Imminently dangerous to self or others; and
(3) In need of care or treatment, or both;
the psychiatrist or advanced practice registered nurse with prescriptive authority and who holds an accredited national certification in an advanced practice registered nurse psychiatric specialization shall direct that the patient be hospitalized on an emergency basis or cause the patient to be transferred to another psychiatric facility or other facility designated by the director for emergency hospitalization, or both. The patient shall have the right immediately upon admission to telephone the patient's guardian or a family member including a reciprocal beneficiary, or an adult friend and an attorney. If the patient declines to exercise that right, the staff of the facility shall inform the adult patient of the right to waive notification to the family, including a reciprocal beneficiary, and shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that the patient's guardian or family, including a reciprocal beneficiary, is notified of the emergency admission but the patient's family, including a reciprocal beneficiary, need not be notified if the patient is an adult and requests that there be no notification. The patient shall be allowed to confer with an attorney in private.
(e) Release from emergency
hospitalization. If at any time
during the period of emergency hospitalization the treating physician
determines that the patient no longer meets the criteria for emergency
hospitalization and the examination pursuant to section 334-121.5 has been
completed, the physician shall expediently discharge the patient. If the patient is under criminal charges, the
patient shall be returned to the custody of a law enforcement officer. In any event, the patient shall be released
within forty-eight hours of the patient's admission to a psychiatric facility[,]
or other facility designated by the director, unless the patient
voluntarily agrees to further hospitalization, or a proceeding for
court-ordered evaluation or hospitalization, or both, is initiated as provided
in section 334-60.3. If that time
expires on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, the time for initiation is extended
to the close of the next court day. Upon
initiation of the proceedings, the facility shall be authorized to detain the
patient until further order of the court."
SECTION 8. In accordance with section 9 of article VII of the Hawaii State Constitution and sections 37-91 and 37-93, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the legislature has determined that the appropriations contained in Act 164, Regular Session of 2023, and this Act will cause the state general fund expenditure ceiling for fiscal year 2024-2025 to be exceeded by $ or per cent. This current declaration takes into account general fund appropriations authorized for fiscal year 2024-2025 in Act 164, Regular Session of 2023, and this Act only. The reasons for exceeding the general fund expenditure ceiling are that:
(1) The appropriations made in this Act are necessary to serve the public interest; and
(2) The appropriations made in this Act meet the needs addressed by this Act.
SECTION 9. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2024-2025 for the establishment of a crisis intervention and diversion services program.
The
sum appropriated shall be
expended by the department of health for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 10. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2024-2025 for the establishment of three full-time equivalent (3.0 FTE) crisis intervention coordinator positions, who shall be exempt from chapter 76, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to administer and coordinate the crisis intervention training program; provided that, upon approval from the director of law enforcement, a crisis intervention coordinator may be removed by the director of law enforcement; provided further that the director of law enforcement shall determine the final salary of crisis intervention coordinators.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of law enforcement for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 11. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2024-2025 to train and certify officers in:
(1) Mental health first aid, as managed, operated, and disseminated by the National Council for Mental Wellbeing; and
(2) The crisis intervention team model, as developed by Crisis Intervention Team International.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of law enforcement for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 12. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 13. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 3000; provided that section 6 of this Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
Report Title:
DOH; DLE; Crisis Intervention and Diversion Services Program; Mental Health Emergency Workers; Crisis Intervention Officers; Training; Appropriation; Expenditure Ceiling
Description:
Establishes a Crisis Intervention and Diversion Services Program within the Department of Health to expand existing services to divert those with mental health issues to appropriate health care services. Requires the Department of Law Enforcement to coordinate crisis intervention training for state and county law enforcement agencies and training and certification for crisis intervention officers. Defines "mental health emergency worker" and "crisis intervention officer". Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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