(a) Unless otherwise ordered by a court, the drug test results and assessment results of an inmate, parolee, or other person released from a correctional center or facility shall be provided as soon as practicable to the inmate, parolee, or other person who submitted to the test or assessment, the department of corrections and rehabilitation or the agency responsible for monitoring the parolee’s or other person’s compliance with the terms and conditions of parole or other release from a correctional center or facility, as applicable, and the assessment program or treatment program, as applicable.
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 353G-5

  • Assessment: means an ongoing process through which a substance abuse professional collaborates with a client and other persons to gather and interpret information necessary for planning treatment and evaluating the client's progress. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 353G-2
  • drug test: means a test conducted in a medically safe and appropriate manner to determine the presence or absence of alcohol or controlled substance metabolites, or to determine the recent or historical use of alcohol or a controlled substance by the subject of the test. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 353G-2
  • program: is synonymous with facility, agency, unit, and organization. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 353G-2
  • treatment program: means a program concerned with education, prevention, or treatment directed toward achieving the prevention of substance abuse, or the social, mental, and physical restoration of substance abusers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 353G-2
(b) The assessment shall include:

(1) A clinical summary based on information gained through the assessment;
(2) A diagnosis supported by the clinical summary; and
(3) A recommendation for level of substance abuse treatment, supported by the clinical summary.
(c) Anyone receiving drug test results or assessment results under subsection (a) shall keep that information confidential in accordance with the requirements of Title 42 United States Code § 290dd-2.

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