HRS §326-3
State health department can arrange care in other facilities
The state health department can make deals with any hospital, nursing home, or other care facility in Hawaii to treat someone, and pay for it using money set aside for the state's Hansen's disease facility. Once such a deal is made, the same rules about care and discharge apply to that facility and patient.
state agencies
The statute, as written — Care in other hospitals, homes, etc
Notwithstanding any law relating to this subject matter, the department of health may make arrangements for the care and treatment of any person within the State at any hospital, nursing home, or other residential facility in the State, either public or private, and bear all expenses of the hospitalization and treatment and any other necessary expenses in the same manner as though the person were staying at any facility for the care and treatment of persons with Hansen's disease established under section 326-1. Any moneys at any time appropriated for the care of patients or maintenance of a facility established under section 326-1 may be used by the department to pay any hospital, nursing home, or other residential facility with which the department has made those arrangements. When those arrangements have been made the other provisions of this chapter relating to the examination, care, treatment, and discharge of patients shall apply to the institution and patient involved in the same manner as they apply to a facility established under section 326-1.
Sections this one refers to
§326-1 State must provide care and treatment for Hansen's disease patients
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