HRS §587D-6
Reuniting a newborn with parents or relatives
After a hospital gives a newborn to the department, the department can return the baby to the parents. If that is not possible, the department may look for relatives to care for the baby, as long as it knows who the baby or the parents are.
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The statute, as written — Authority to reunite; placement
(a) Upon receiving custody of a newborn child who has been discharged from a hospital that received the newborn child pursuant to section 587D‑3, the department may reunite the newborn child with the newborn's parents. (b) The department may: (1) Search for relatives of the newborn child as a placement or permanency option; or (2) Implement other placement requirements that give a preference to relatives; provided that the department has information as to the identity of the newborn child, the newborn child's mother, or the newborn child's father. [L Sp 2007, c 7, pt of §2]
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