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HRS §334-16

Annual report on forensic patients at Hawaii State Hospital

The Department of Health must send a yearly report to the legislature before each regular session. The report must include numbers about forensic patients at Hawaii State Hospital, such as admissions, discharges, lengths of stay, and types of crimes. This section only requires the report; it does not set other rules.

state agencies

The statute, as written — Annual report; forensic patient data

The department of health shall submit an annual report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session which, at a minimum, shall summarize yearly data on forensic patients, including: (1) Gross numbers for admissions to and discharges from the Hawaii state hospital; (2) The number of admissions to, discharges from, and lengths of stays in the Hawaii state hospital, broken down by the following commitment categories: (A) Original order under section 704-411(1)(a); (B) Pending examination under section 704-411(3); (C) Maximum seventy-two-hour recommitment pending examination under section 704-413(1); (D) Original order under section 704-404; and (E) Original order under section 704-406; (3) Number of persons committed to the Hawaii state hospital by each court and county; (4) Gross lengths of stay in the Hawaii state hospital for: (A) Patients discharged during the fiscal year; and (B) Individuals remaining as inpatients at the end of the fiscal year; and (5) Number of patients in the Hawaii state hospital on forensic status, broken down by categories of underlying crimes, such as by crimes against the person, sex offenses, and property crimes, and by grade of offense.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§704-404 Court-ordered mental exams when a defendant may be unfit for trial

§704-406 What happens when a defendant is found unfit for trial and later becomes fit

§704-411 What happens after an acquittal due to mental disease or defect

§704-413 Rules for changing or ending conditional release

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