HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2068
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to psychologists.

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

SECTION 1. Section 334-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§334-4 Personnel for mental health program. The director shall appoint professional and nonprofessional staff as the director deems necessary to carry out the state mental health program and for which appropriations are available. Positions for psychiatrists and psychologists are exempted from chapter 76. The director may employ psychiatrists and psychologists as needed by the department on a contractual basis, subject to the approval of the governor. The director may appoint an administrator, three associate administrators, a director of psychosocial rehabilitation, a chief of the department of nursing, a risk manager, a patients' rights advisor, and a facilities plant engineer for the state hospital or a secure psychiatric rehabilitation facility established pursuant to this chapter and these positions shall be exempt from chapter 76."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

State Mental Health Program; Positions; Appointment; Psychologists

Description:

Authorizes the director of health to appoint psychologists to fill staff positions for the state mental health program.

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