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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE ADULT MENTAL HEALTH
   DIVISION.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  This Act is recommended by the governor for
 
 2 immediate passage in accordance with section 9 of article VII of
 
 3 the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.
 
 4      SECTION 2.  Although funds were appropriated to the
 
 5 department of health for the adult mental health division for the
 
 6 fiscal period beginning July 1, 1999 and ending June 30, 2000, a
 
 7 critical funding emergency now exists.  The program will expend
 
 8 all appropriated funds before the end of the current fiscal year,
 
 9 and the department will be unable to meet its fiscal obligation
 
10 to provide services to certain adults with serious mental
 
11 illness.  The primary reason for this financial situation is the
 
12 need to implement additional services and activities to reach
 
13 compliance with the requirements of the settlement agreement and
 
14 subsequent orders in United States v. State of Hawaii, Civil
 
15 Number 91-00137 (DAE).
 
16      The purpose of this Act is to appropriate or authorize
 
17 moneys to prevent the reduction or discontinuance of services to
 
18 patients at Hawaii State Hospital and to develop and provide
 

 
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 1 necessary community-based services for discharged patients of the
 
 2 Hawaii State Hospital.
 
 3      SECTION 3.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
 4 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $1, or so much thereof
 
 5 as may be necessary for fiscal year 1999 - 2000, to be used for
 
 6 services and activities to improve services to patients and
 
 7 former patients of Hawaii State Hospital, and persons committed
 
 8 to the cutody of the director of health in penal and civil
 
 9 commitment processes.
 
10      SECTION 4.  The sum appropriated shall be expended by the
 
11 department of health for the purposes of this Act.
 
12      SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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14                           INTRODUCED BY: ________________________
 

 
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