{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-587d-6","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 587D-6","heading":"Authority to reunite; placement.","body":"(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.\n\n(b) The department may:\n\n(1) Search for relatives of the newborn child as a placement or permanency option; or\n\n(2) Implement other placement requirements that give a preference to relatives;\n\nprovided that the department has information as to the identity of the newborn child, the newborn child's mother, or the newborn child's father. [L Sp 2007, c 7, pt of §2]","path":["HI Code","Division 3","Title 31","Chapter 587D"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol12_Ch0501-0588/HRS0587D/HRS_0587D-0006.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"16d0f13c2259689f19516feaff09629be7faaed0bfcf4a6bd8d5855da35ad20d","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-587d-5","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-587d-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}