The department of health shall submit an annual report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session which, at a minimum, shall summarize yearly data on forensic patients, including:

(1) Gross numbers for admissions to and discharges from the Hawaii state hospital;
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-16

  • Acquittal:
    1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
    2. A verdict of "not guilty."
     
  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Court: means any duly constituted court and includes proceedings, hearings of per diem judges as authorized by law. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-1
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-1
  • Discharge: means the formal termination on the records of a psychiatric facility of a patient's period of treatment at the facility. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-1
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
(2) The number of admissions to, discharges from, and lengths of stays in the Hawaii state hospital, broken down by the following commitment categories:

(A) Original order under section acquittal on the ground of physical or mental disease, disorder, or defect excluding responsibility; commitment; conditional release; discharge; procedure for separate post-acquittal hearing” class=”unlinked-ref” datatype=”S” sessionyear=”2019″ statecd=”HI”>704-411(1)(a);
(B) Pending examination under section 704-411(3);
(C) Maximum seventy-two-hour recommitment pending examination under section 704-413(1);
(D) Original order under section defendant with respect to physical or mental disease, disorder, or defect excluding fitness to proceed” class=”unlinked-ref” datatype=”S” sessionyear=”2019″ statecd=”HI”>704-404; and
(E) Original order under § 704-406;
(3) Number of persons committed to the Hawaii state hospital by each court and county;
(4) Gross lengths of stay in the Hawaii state hospital for:

(A) Patients discharged during the fiscal year; and
(B) Individuals remaining as inpatients at the end of the fiscal year; and
(5) Number of patients in the Hawaii state hospital on forensic status, broken down by categories of underlying crimes, such as by crimes against the person, sex offenses, and property crimes, and by grade of offense.

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