HI HB2258

Requires the Director of Law Enforcement to adopt rules establishing statewide training and certification standards for crisis intervention officers, who respond to individuals experiencing mental health crises or impairment from various conditions.

Expands and clarifies the definition of "assisted community treatment" to explicitly include 10 categories of services: medication, blood/urine testing for compliance, individual/group therapy, day programming, educational/vocational services, living arrangement supervision, residential services, substance abuse treatment, drug/alcohol testing, and other services to prevent hospitalization.

Requires the Department of the Attorney General to assist with preparing, filing, and presenting requests for court or administrative orders authorizing involuntary treatment over a patient's objection, unless a private provider declines the assistance.

Builds upon Act 219 (Session Laws of Hawaii 2025), which previously clarified emergency transportation, examination, and hospitalization procedures for individuals who may be mentally ill or suffering from substance abuse and who are imminently dangerous.