RELATING TO PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.
Summary
Expands the scope of practice for physician assistants. Requires a sampling of medical records that includes certain amounts of controlled substance prescriptions, rather than all medical records, to be reviewed when physician assistants prescribe controlled substances. Effective 7/1/2022. (SD2)
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Apr 2022
House Passage
May 2022
Senate Passage
Apr 2022
Governor
Introduced Jan 20, 2022
Last action Jul 12, 2022
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
41
Key actions
10
Committee
15
Amendments
4
May 3, 2022
Introduced
House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
lower
May 3, 2022
Introduced
Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 819).
upper
Apr 14, 2022
Introduced
House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
lower
Apr 12, 2022
Introduced
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 769) in amended form (SD 2).
lower
Apr 12, 2022
Upper · Passed
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
upper
Apr 1, 2022
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 8 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Misalucha, Taniguchi, Wakai.
upper
Apr 1, 2022
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Chang, Nishihara, Riviere, San Buenaventura, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite.
upper
Mar 30, 2022
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on CPN/WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-01-22 10:00AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
upper
Mar 24, 2022
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN/WAM.
upper
Mar 24, 2022
Committee
Reported from HTH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3463) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN/WAM.
upper
Mar 14, 2022
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on HTH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HTH were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Baker, Moriwaki, San Buenaventura, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
upper
Mar 11, 2022
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on HTH has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-22 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
upper
Mar 8, 2022
Committee
Referred to HTH, CPN/WAM.
upper
Mar 4, 2022
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 19).
upper
Mar 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Ward voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Matayoshi, Todd excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Feb 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Yamashita, Branco, Eli, Holt, Ilagan, B. Kobayashi, Marten, Nishimoto, Perruso, Sayama, Tam, Todd, Wildberger; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott.
lower
Feb 17, 2022
Committee
Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
lower
Feb 17, 2022
Committee
Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 490-22) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 11, 2022
Lower · Passed
The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Kitagawa, Aquino, Har, Hashem, Kong, Mizuno, Onishi, Tarnas, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Morikawa.
lower
Feb 8, 2022
Committee
Reported from HHH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 92-22) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
lower
Feb 1, 2022
Lower · Passed
The committees on HHH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamane, Tam, Gates, Har, Kapela, Nishimoto, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
lower
Jan 26, 2022
Committee
Referred to HHH, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 1
lower
Jan 21, 2022
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 20, 2022
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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