STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1450

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.C.R. No. 93

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 93 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO DRAFT PROPOSED LEGISLATION TO AMEND THE INVOLUNTARY OUTPATIENT TREATMENT LAW UNDER CHAPTER 334, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES, TO ENSURE PROPER OUTPATIENT TREATMENT OF PERSONS WITH NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS OF THE BRAIN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Attorney General to draft proposed legislation to amend the Involuntary Outpatient Treatment Law to aid seemingly functional persons with neurological disorders of the brain who need outpatient treatment but irrationally refuse such treatment.

The Representative of the 4th District and the Hawaii Psychiatric Medical Association supported this measure. The Attorney General offered comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by amending its title and contents that requests the Attorney General and the Department of Health to adopt rules to actively inform mental health professionals and individuals with neurological disorders of the brain and their families, of the legal rights and options available to individuals with neurological disorders of the brain to ensure proper treatment. In addition, this measure, as amended, requests the Attorney General and DOH to:

(1) Work in conjunction with other pertinent groups such as the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill to more efficiently carry out the information campaign; and

(2) Submit a report on their progress to the Legislature, including statistics on the number of individuals informed by the information campaign.

Technical, nonsubstantive amendments were also made for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 93, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Judiciary in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 93, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

 

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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair