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SB 2582 Hawaii Senate · 2020 Regular Session

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Summary
Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses, in addition to physicians, to practice medical aid in dying in accordance with their scope of practice and prescribing authority. Authorizes psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners, in addition to psychiatrists, psychologists, and clinical social workers, to provide counseling to a qualified patient. Reduces the mandatory waiting period between oral requests from twenty days to fifteen days. Waives the mandatory waiting period for those terminally ill individuals not expected to survive the mandatory waiting period. (SD1)
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 17, 2020 Last action Mar 9, 2020
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
4
Committee
8
Mar 9, 2020
Committee
Referred to HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN, referral sheet 36
lower
Feb 28, 2020
Introduced
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 42) in amended form (SD 1).
lower
Feb 28, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 19; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Moriwaki . Noes, 4 (Senator(s) Fevella, Harimoto, Kim, Riviere). Excused, 2 (Senator(s) Gabbard, Ihara). Transmitted to House.
upper
Feb 27, 2020
Committee
Waived referral to JDC.
upper
Feb 13, 2020
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
upper
Feb 13, 2020
Committee
Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2654) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
upper
Feb 7, 2020
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, S. Chang, Nishihara, Ruderman, L. Thielen, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Fevella; and 0 Excused: none.
upper
Feb 4, 2020
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on CPH deferred the measure until 02-07-20 9:30AM in conference room 229.
upper
Jan 30, 2020
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-04-20 9:30AM in conference room 229.
upper
Jan 23, 2020
Committee
Referred to CPH, JDC.
upper
Jan 17, 2020
Introduced
Introduced.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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