HB 872 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Summary

Authorizes health care practitioners to make undesignated prescriptions of single-use epinephrine for the purpose of stocking a supply at various types of businesses and state and county government offices, including public schools. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

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 Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB872 → HB872_HD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill was amended to clarify that the new epinephrine supply program applies specifically to 'single-use' devices rather than the broader term 'auto-injectable.' The changes also update the training requirements to include registered nurses and set a placeholder effective date of July 1, 3000, for future legislative action.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed by explicitly defining the covered devices as 'single-use epinephrine' instead of the more general 'auto-injectable epinephrine' throughout the text.

DEFINITION

The term 'auto-injectable epinephrine' was replaced with 'single-use epinephrine' in all sections to specify the type of device covered by the law.

REQUIREMENT

Training requirements for administering epinephrine were updated to allow instruction by either a practitioner or a registered nurse.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from 'upon approval' to a specific placeholder date of July 1, 3000, indicating the bill is not yet ready for immediate implementation.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting and capitalization adjustments were made to the bill title and section headers.

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Committee

Feb 12, 2025

Committee

Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 445) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

lower

Feb 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Chun, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to HLT, CPC, referral sheet 3

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

13 primary · 0 co-sponsors