SB 107 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO MEDICAL INFORMED CONSENT.

Summary
Requires the Hawaii Medical Board to establish standards for health care providers to ensure that a patient's consent to treatment is an informed consent. Requires that informed consent for a proposed medical or surgical treatment or a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure shall be obtained before the day of that treatment or procedure. Specifies that if the treatment or procedure is to occur on the same day it is scheduled, the informed consent shall be obtained at the time the decision is made to schedule that treatment or procedure.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2025 Last action Jan 27, 2025
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Total actions
5
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Committee
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Jan 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 01-27-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
upper
Jan 16, 2025
Committee
Referred to HHS, CPN.
upper
Jan 15, 2025
Introduced
Introduced and passed First Reading.
upper
Jan 9, 2025
Introduced
Pending Introduction.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Karl Rhoads
DDemocratic
HI
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