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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-145

  • Court: means any duly constituted court and includes proceedings, hearings of per diem judges as authorized by law. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-1
  • Petitioner: means the family member who applies to the court for an order to require an individual to enter into an outpatient treatment program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-141
  • Respondent: means the individual who is eighteen years of age or older who is the subject of the petition for a court order to require the individual to enter into an outpatient treatment program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-141
  • Treatment: means the broad range of emergency, out-patient, intermediate, domiciliary, and inpatient services and care, including diagnostic evaluation, medical, psychiatric, psychological, and social service care, vocational rehabilitation, career counseling, and other special services which may be extended to handicapped persons. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-1

The petitioner shall bear all fees and costs related to bringing the petition. The petitioner or respondent shall bear all costs of private treatment. Nothing in this part authorizes publicly funded substance abuse treatment. However, if the respondent is eligible to receive publicly funded treatment and such a program is available for the respondent, the court may order the treatment in such a program.