Hawaii Senate Bill 442

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 7 2023 - 50% progression
Action: 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
Pending: House Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses, in addition to physicians, to practice medical aid in dying in accordance with their scope of practice and prescribing authority. Authorizes psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners, in addition to psychiatrists, psychologists, and clinical social workers, to provide counseling to a qualified patient. Reduces the mandatory waiting period between oral requests from twenty days to five days. Waives the mandatory waiting period for those terminally ill individuals not expected to survive the mandatory waiting period, under certain conditions. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)

Relating To Health.

Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole [D]	Sen. Karl Rhoads [D]	Sen. Les Ihara [D]	Sen. Gil Keith-agaran [D]
Sen. Glenn Wakai [D]

2023-02-22 - Senate - Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, Unamended (Y: 4 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-08 - Senate - Senate Health and Human Services: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 3 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-12-11		Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
2023-03-09	House	Referred to HLT, CPC, JHA , referral sheet 17
2023-03-09	House	Pass First Reading
2023-03-07	House	Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 171) in amended form (SD 1).
2023-03-07	Senate	Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 21; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Kim. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, Fevella, Gabbard). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga). Transmitted to House.
2023-03-03	Senate	One Day Notice 03-07-23.
2023-03-03	Senate	Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 735) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
2023-02-22	Senate	The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey, Richards; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none.
2023-02-17	Senate	The committee(s) on CPN will hold a public decision making on 02-22-23 9:35AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
2023-02-17	Senate	Re-Referred to HHS, CPN.
2023-02-17	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN/JDC.
2023-02-17	Senate	Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 452) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN/JDC.
2023-02-08	Senate	The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Moriwaki; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Shimabukuro, Awa.
2023-02-03	Senate	The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-08-23 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
2023-01-25	Senate	Referred to HHS, CPN/JDC.
2023-01-20	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2023-01-20	Senate	Introduced.

SB442 (Carry Over) 2023-03-09 - Referred to HLT, CPC, JHA , referral sheet 17

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=442&year=2024
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB442_SD1_.HTM
Roll Call	https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=442&year=2024