(a) Every assessment program, treatment program, correctional center or facility, and parole agency that provides services pursuant to this chapter or that otherwise supervises a person or issues an order pursuant to this chapter shall keep case-specific records and aggregate data and statistics as may be required by the department of health and which shall be required by the statewide substance abuse treatment monitoring program under section 321-192.5. The department of corrections and rehabilitation shall collect data in accordance with section 321-192.5 from any assessment program, treatment program, treatment provider, correctional center or facility, and parole agency that provides substance abuse treatment to persons served through public funds administered by the department of corrections and rehabilitation. The department of corrections and rehabilitation shall implement sufficient protections to ensure that the identity of a recipient of substance abuse treatment services remains strictly confidential and that aggregate data collected pursuant to this section is used solely for the purpose of this section.
This subsection shall not be construed to abrogate an individual’s right to privacy.
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 353G-13
- 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
- Assessment program: refers to a not-for-profit corporation, government agency, or other entity accredited by the department of health to provide substance abuse services, or to a substance abuse professional certified pursuant to section 321-193. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 353G-2
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- 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
The department shall also post the reports electronically on the department’s website in a timely manner.
(d) The department of corrections and rehabilitation, in conjunction with the department of health, shall establish an advisory board that shall be comprised of judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, adult probation officials, parole officials, correctional officials, representatives of assessment programs and treatment programs, and individuals working in licensed alcohol and other drug abuse treatment facilities who are past consumers of treatment services. The advisory board shall meet periodically to discuss the provisions, implementation, and evaluation of this chapter, and to make recommendations to the department of health.
(e) Except as provided in this chapter, all data, information, or records kept or compiled pursuant to this section shall be deemed to be government records for the purposes of chapter 92F.
