REPORT TITLE:
Mentally Ill; Information


DESCRIPTION:
Requires the director of health to adopt rules to establish a
process to inform the public of the location of any residential
home for the mentally ill.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT HOMES.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Chapter 334, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended
 
 2 by adding a new section to part VII to be appropriately
 
 3 designated and to read as follows:
 
 4      "§334-    Location of community residential treatment homes;
 
 5 rules.  Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, the
 
 6 director of health shall adopt rules to establish a process
 
 7 whereby the public may be informed of the location of any
 
 8 alternative, community-based residential home, facility, or
 
 9 living arrangement pursuant to section 334-103."
 
10      SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
11      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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13                           INTRODUCED BY:_________________________