Haw. Rev. Stat. § 587D-6
Authority to reunite; placement
Hawaii · Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 587D · Status: effective
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- Haw. Rev. Stat. § 587D-6, Authority to reunite; placement, Hawaii, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2429052
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(a) Upon receiving custody of a newborn child who has been discharged from a hospital that received the newborn child pursuant to section 587D‑3, the department may reunite the newborn child with the newborn's parents.
(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.