SB 1243 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES.

Summary

Allows foreign medical school graduates applying for a license to practice medicine and surgery to substitute one year of required medical training or experience in a hospital with one year of fellowship training where the parent program or hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Feb 10, 2025

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SB1243 → SB1243_SD1 · 2 edits

MINOR

This bill amends Hawaii's foreign medical graduate licensing requirements by allowing one year of fellowship training to substitute for one year of required hospital-based medical training. The change expands eligibility for foreign medical graduates by recognizing fellowship training as equivalent to hospital internship/residency experience when the fellowship program is properly accredited. The effective date was also changed from bill approval to December 31, 2050.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on foreign medical graduate licensing qualifications, but the specific eligibility criteria have been modified to include fellowship training as a qualifying substitute.

ELIGIBILITY

Modified the medical training requirement to allow one year of fellowship training (from an accredited program) to substitute for one year of hospital-based medical training or experience.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date from 'upon approval' to 'December 31, 2050', significantly delaying when the new requirements take effect.

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Committee

Feb 10, 2025

Committee

Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 150) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN.

upper

Jan 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Hashimoto, Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

upper

Jan 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 01-31-25 1:34PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to HHS, CPN.

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and passed First Reading.

upper

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Pending Introduction.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors