Hawaii Revised Statutes 587D-6 – 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 § 587D-3, the department may reunite the newborn child with the newborn’s parents.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 587D-6

Department: means the department of human services. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 587D-1
Hospital: means a facility licensed as a hospital by the department of health and accredited by The Joint Commission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 587D-1

(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.

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 587D-6

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