Bill Text: HI SB2132 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Adult Mental Health.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-03-10 - Referred to HHH, FIN, referral sheet 24 [SB2132 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-SB2132-Amended.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO ADULT MENTAL HEALTH.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that significant budget cuts were necessitated by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and that the department of health's adult mental health division saw an eleven per cent reduction in the number of its staff. The loss of ninety-nine permanent positions and sixty-three temporary positions has limited the division's ability to meet its mission of providing integrated mental health services for individuals having serious mental illness who are uninsured or underinsured, subject to court-ordered evaluation, in the care and custody of the department of health, or in crisis. The eliminated staff included social workers, mental health specialists, nursing staff, psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, security staff, other inpatient mental health staff, other outpatient staff, and other workers at the Hawaii state hospital.
The legislature further finds that the State's economic outlook has improved and concludes that it is time to sufficiently fund the work of the adult mental health division.
The purpose of this Act is to restore ninety-nine positions to the department of health adult mental health division and appropriate funds to fill those positions.
SECTION 2. Act 88, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, is amended by amending section 3, item numbers E-13 and E-14 to read as follows:
"13. HTH420
- ADULT MENTAL HEALTH - OUTPATIENT
177.50* [ 177.50*]
210.00*
87.50# 87.50#
OPERATING HTH 58,152,953A [ 58,152,953A]
__________A
HTH 11,610,000B 11,610,000B
1.00# 1.00#
HTH 2,333,370N 2,333,370N
14. HTH430 -
ADULT MENTAL HEALTH - INPATIENT
737.00* [ 737.00*]
803.5*
23.00# 23.00#
OPERATING HTH 87,811,711A [ 87,811,711A]
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HTH 6,180,433V V
INVESTMENT CAPITAL AGS 4,700,000C 300,000C"
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2050.
Report Title:
DOH; Adult Mental Health; Positions; Restoration; Appropriation
Description:
Restores Department of Health Adult Mental Health Division funding and permanent positions cut during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Appropriates moneys. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD2)
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
