RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.
Summary
Requires health care providers in the workers' compensation system who are authorized to prescribe opioids to adopt and maintain policies for informed consent to opioid therapy in circumstances that carry elevated risk of dependency. Establishes limits for concurrent opioid and benzodiazepine prescriptions. (CD1)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Apr 2018
Senate Passage
May 2018
House Passage
May 2018
Signed into Law
Jul 2018
Introduced Jan 19, 2018
Signed Jul 11, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
49
Key actions
18
Committee
20
Amendments
2
Jul 11, 2018
Signed into law
Act 155, 07/09/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1264).
upper
Jul 11, 2018
Signed into law
Act 155, on 07/09/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1264).
lower
Apr 27, 2018
Lower · Passed
Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 95-18) as amended in (CD 1).
lower
Apr 27, 2018
Introduced
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-18.
upper
Apr 27, 2018
Upper · Passed
Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 95-18).
upper
Apr 24, 2018
Lower · Passed
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Takumi, Luke, Ichiyama, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Mizuno.
lower
Apr 24, 2018
Upper · Passed
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, Baker, Ihara; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
upper
Apr 23, 2018
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-24-18 10:00AM in conference room 329.
lower
Apr 20, 2018
Lower · Passed
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-23-18 9:30AM in conference room 329.
lower
Apr 16, 2018
Committee
Re-referred to LAB/HHS, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 57
lower
Apr 6, 2018
Introduced
Senate disagrees with House amendments.
upper
Apr 6, 2018
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 452).
upper
Apr 5, 2018
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Choy, Holt, C. Lee, LoPresti, Nakashima, Quinlan excused (6). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Mar 28, 2018
Lower · Passed
The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Ito, Johanson, Mizuno, Say, Yamane, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) LoPresti, Tokioka.
lower
Mar 23, 2018
Committee
Reported from LAB/HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1464-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
lower
Mar 22, 2018
Lower · Passed
The committees on HHS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Kobayashi, Belatti, Learmont, Tupola; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Mizuno.
lower
Mar 22, 2018
Lower · Passed
The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Holt, Evans, Ichiyama, Keohokalole, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
lower
Mar 8, 2018
Committee
Referred to LAB/HHS, CPC, referral sheet 35
lower
Mar 2, 2018
Introduced
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 43) in amended form (SD 1).
lower
Mar 2, 2018
Upper · Passed
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 2 (Senator(s) Green, Taniguchi). Transmitted to House.
upper
Feb 23, 2018
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPH were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Tokuda, S. Chang, Espero, Ihara, Nishihara; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ruderman.
upper
Feb 20, 2018
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on CPH deferred the measure until 02-23-18 11:00AM in conference room 229.
upper
Feb 16, 2018
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on CPH will hold a public decision making on 02-20-18 10:00AM in conference room 229.
upper
Feb 14, 2018
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPH.
upper
Feb 14, 2018
Committee
Reported from LBR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2299) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPH.
upper
Feb 6, 2018
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on LBR recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBR were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, S. Chang, Ihara; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) English, Taniguchi.
upper
Feb 1, 2018
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on LBR has scheduled a public hearing on 02-06-18 3:30PM in conference room 229.
upper
Jan 22, 2018
Committee
Referred to LBR, CPH.
upper
Jan 19, 2018
Introduced
Introduced.
upper
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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