RELATING TO COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICS.

The number of members on the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics Oversight Board was reduced from ten to nine.

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The oversight of clinics changed from a strict 'certify and decertify' approach to a 'certify, monitor, and provide corrective action' approach, removing explicit decertification language from the primary duties.

The composition of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics Oversight Board was increased from nine members to ten members.

The specific $300,000 appropriation was removed and replaced with a flexible amount to be determined by necessity, along with a change in staff hiring language.

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 3000.

The bill now explicitly includes amendments to the State Council on Mental Health in addition to the Advisory Commission on Drug Abuse and Controlled Substances.

Certification criteria must now be no less stringent than federal requirements, and the office gained the power to decertify clinics.

A new decertification procedure was added, requiring notice, an opportunity to respond, and a hearing before a clinic loses its status.

The definition of a certified clinic was updated to explicitly require meeting federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration criteria.

The oversight board composition changed from eleven members to nine, with specific representatives required from Hawaii, Maui, Kauai, and Honolulu.

The initial appropriation was reduced from $800,000 to $300,000, now limited to hiring an executive director.

The effective date of the Act remains July 1, 2026.