Hawaii House Bill 1240 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-28 - Referred to HLT, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 6
Pending: House Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Requires an individual to be examined prior to release from emergency examination, emergency hospitalization, or voluntary inpatient treatment to determine whether an assisted community plan is indicated and, if so, requires the department of the attorney general to handle the petition for assisted community treatment. Requires the department of health to convene a mental health emergencies task force. Makes the department of the attorney general responsible for filing assisted community treatment petitions.

Related To Mental Health Treatment.

Rep. Scott Saiki [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-28	House	Referred to HLT, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 6
2019-01-24	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2019-01-23	House	Pending introduction.

HB1240 (Carry Over) 2019-01-28 - Referred to HLT, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 6
SB567 (Same As) 2019-06-28 - Act 130, 06/25/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1232).

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1240&year=2019
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB1240_.HTM