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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 334-122 (2026)

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     §334-122  Definitions.  For the purposes of this part:

     "Assisted community treatment" includes medication specifically authorized by court order; individual or group therapy; day or partial day programming activities; services and training, including educational and vocational activities; supervision of living arrangements; and any other services prescribed to either alleviate the subject of the order's disorder or disability, maintain or maximize semi-independent functioning, or prevent further deterioration that may reasonably be predicted to result in the need for hospitalization or more intensive or restrictive levels of care in the community or incarceration for criminal behavior.

     "Assisted community treatment provider" means a mental health provider, which may include a qualified psychiatric examiner or a mental health program, that is or will be responsible, in accordance with an assisted community treatment order, for the coordination, management, or administration of a subject of the order's treatment.

     "Designated mental health program" includes a state-operated or private provider who is authorized to provide mental health services, including but not limited to inpatient treatment, outpatient treatment, case management, day treatment, or crisis services.

     "Interested party" means a parent, grandparent, spouse, sibling, adult child, reciprocal beneficiary, service provider, case manager, outreach worker, or mental health professional.

     "Mental health program" means a hospital, psychiatric facility, clinic, or other facility providing mental health treatment to individuals suffering from mental illness or substance abuse.

     "Subject of the order" means an individual who has been ordered by the court to obtain assisted community treatment.

     "Subject of the petition" means the individual who, under a petition filed under section 334-123, is alleged to meet the criteria for assisted community treatment. [L 1984, c 251, pt of §1; am L 2013, c 221, §§8, 24; am L 2016, c 114, §6; am L 2017, c 88, §3; am L 2025, c 219, §14]

 

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1999–1999 · leading case: State v. Kotis, 984 P.2d 78 (Haw. 1999).
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State v. Kotis, 984 P.2d 78 (Haw. 1999). · cites it 2× “334, the legislature has established procedures for the imposition of involuntary outpatient treatment upon certain mentally ill persons who are, inter alia, "capable of surviving safely in the community with available supervision from family, friends, or others.”
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