HONOLULU — Gov. Josh Green signed several bills related to health care and behavioral health into law ON Thursday, aligning with his administration’s social health care model, which encompasses not only traditional health care, but other societal issues like poverty alleviation, homelessness and more. HONOLULU — Gov.
Josh Green signed several bills related to health care and behavioral health into law ON Thursday, aligning with his administration’s social health care model, which encompasses not only traditional health care, but other societal issues like poverty alleviation, homelessness and more. The four bills Green highlighted at the ceremony, held in his office at the Hawai‘i Capitol, addressed issues ranging from health care accessibility to workforce development. “Health care has evolved.
Health care is not simply about having doctors in the emergency department, admitting someone into the hospital,” Green said at the ceremony. “Health care is about the wellness of society, the well-being of people often on the streets, how do they get the care that they need? How do we actually find a way, in a civilized fashion, to care for those who don’t even have any chance to find their way back into a healthy state?” Senate Bill 3139 will create a crisis intervention and diversion services program within the state Department of Health — intended to expand current services that redirect people with mental health disorders from the criminal justice system int.