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HRS §334-131

Notice before discharging someone from assisted treatment

Before a court-ordered assisted treatment ends, the treatment provider must tell the court and certain people in writing. The notice must be sent at least ten days before the planned discharge. If no one objects in time, the person is fully released from treatment.

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The statute, as written — Notice of intent to discharge

(a) When the assisted community treatment provider contemplates discharge for a subject of the order because of the imminent expiration of the court order or because the subject of the order is no longer a proper subject for assisted community treatment, as determined by the criteria in section 334-121, the assisted community treatment provider shall provide notice of intent to discharge. (b) The notice shall be filed with the family court that issued the order for assisted community treatment, and served by personal service or by certified mail on the interested party who filed the petition and those persons whom the order for assisted community treatment specifies as entitled to receive notice. (c) The notice of intent to discharge shall be mailed at least ten days prior to the intended date of discharge. (d) If no objection is filed under section 334-132 prior to the intended date of discharge, the subject of the order is thereupon fully discharged from assisted community treatment.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§334-121 When a court can order assisted community treatment

§334-132 What happens when someone objects to ending assisted treatment

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