Hawaii House Bill 518

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
Pending: House Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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 prior to 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.

Relating To Medical Informed Consent.

Rep. Mark Nakashima [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-12-11		Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
2023-01-27	House	Referred to HLT, CPC, JHA, referral sheet 2
2023-01-23	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2023-01-20	House	Pending introduction.

SB17 (Same As) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
HB518 (Carry Over) 2023-01-27 - Referred to HLT, CPC, JHA, referral sheet 2

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=518&year=2024
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB518_.HTM