HRS §334-86
Patient’s status while a court case is pending
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says that starting a court case about a patient’s detention does not, by itself, let the patient leave the psychiatric facility. The facility can keep holding the patient until the court issues a final order to discharge them, unless the court says otherwise.
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The statute, as written — Status of patient pending hearing
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
Unless otherwise ordered by the court, the authority of the psychiatric facility to detain a patient shall not be diminished by the institution of proceedings under this part until a final order requiring the discharge of the patient.
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