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HRS §334-3.5

Employment program for the chronically mentally ill

This section creates a community-based employment program inside the state health department's mental health division. The program helps people with long-term mental illness find jobs, learn work skills, and get support like housing so they can work and live in the community.

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The statute, as written — Employment program for the chronically mentally ill established

There is established within the mental health division of the department of health a community-based employment program for the chronically mentally ill to (1) create business enterprises for employment of the chronically mentally ill; (2) teach the skills and attitudes which will enable the chronically mentally ill to become employed; and (3) provide support services including housing so that the chronically mentally ill can secure and maintain employment and live within the community.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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