HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2016
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Representative Della Au Belatti, Chair |
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Representative Richard P. Creagan, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Mark J. Hashem |
Rep. Marcus R. Oshiro |
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Rep. Jo Jordan |
Rep. Beth Fukumoto Chang |
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Rep. Bertrand Kobayashi |
Rep. Andria P.L. Tupola |
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Rep. Dee Morikawa |
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NOTICE OF HEARING
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Friday, February 05, 2016 |
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10:15 a.m. |
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Conference Room 329 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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RELATING TO FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH PROCEDURES. Ensures the timely administration of mental health examinations; supports the process of expedient administration of justice; and clarifies the procedure for reevaluation of fitness to proceed after a finding of unfitness and attempts at restoration.
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS. Revises language pertaining to penal responsibility and mental health. Provides courts with discretion to appoint one mental health examiner, rather than three, to evaluate a felony defendant's mental fitness to proceed.
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RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT. Amends the criteria for involuntary hospitalizations and other forms of mental health treatment to replace the current standard of imminent dangerousness with the criterion of a likelihood of harm to self or others based on recent behavior.
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RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Requires the family court to consider assisted community treatment as an alternative to commitment to a psychiatric facility for a person subject to a petition for involuntary hospitalization.
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RELATING TO FORENSIC HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS. Authorizes the director of health to recruit board-certified forensic health care professionals, including those from other states. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO AGE OF CONSENT FOR ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. To reduce barriers in accessing mental health care for adolescents by lowering the age of consent to receive treatment from 18 years old to 12 years old.
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DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
Persons wishing to offer comments should submit testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. Testimony should indicate:
· Testifier's name with position/title and organization;
· The Committee(s) to which the comments are directed;
· The date and time of the hearing; and
· Measure number.
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________________________________________ Representative Della Au Belatti Chair |
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