HI HB2800

Requires the Department of the Attorney General to convene an Advisory Committee on Mental Health Code Review beginning July 1, 2024, and every ten years thereafter.

Committee shall review federal and state court cases, constitutional changes, statutory changes, and rule changes affecting Hawaii's mental health laws related to involuntary transport, examination, hospitalization, treatment, and assisted community treatment since the previous review.

Committee membership includes 13 categories: the Attorney General, representatives from Department of Health, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, judiciary, legislature (both chambers), county prosecutors, public defender, Honolulu's crisis response program, nonprofit homeless services organizations, private psychiatric hospitals, and four members with relevant mental health expertise selected by legislative leaders.

Committee members serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses; the Department of the Attorney General shall request necessary funding during the regular legislative session preceding the committee's convening.

Committee shall submit findings, recommendations, and any proposed legislation to the legislature no later than twenty days before the regular session immediately following the committee's convening.