Bill Text: HI SB2034 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Health.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-03-18 - The committee(s) on HHH recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. [SB2034 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-SB2034-Amended.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO HEALTH.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to increase the likelihood that persons suffering from serious mental illness or severe substance abuse will receive timely and appropriate care and treatment, whether when brought to an emergency department for evaluation, hospitalized in a psychiatric facility under an emergency hospitalization or involuntary commitment order, or while being considered for assisted community treatment, by requiring the assessment of certain patients subject to emergency hospitalization to determine if a surrogate or guardian should be appointed to make appropriate health care decisions for the patient.
SECTION 2. Section 334-59, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
"(d) Emergency hospitalization. If the psychiatrist or advanced practice
registered nurse [with] having prescriptive authority and who
holds an accredited national certification in an advanced practice registered
nurse psychiatric specialization who performs the emergency examination has
reason to believe that the patient is:
(1) Mentally ill or suffering from substance abuse;
(2) Imminently dangerous to self or others; and
(3) In need of care or treatment, or both;
the psychiatrist or advanced practice registered
nurse [with] having prescriptive authority and who holds an
accredited national certification in an advanced practice registered nurse
psychiatric specialization shall direct that the patient be hospitalized on an
emergency basis or cause the patient to be transferred to another psychiatric
facility for emergency hospitalization, or both. The patient shall have the right, immediately
upon admission, to telephone the patient's guardian or a family member,
including a reciprocal beneficiary[,] or an adult friend; and an
attorney. If the patient declines to
exercise that right, the staff of the facility shall inform the adult patient
of the right to waive notification to the family, including a reciprocal
beneficiary, and shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that the patient's
guardian or family, including a reciprocal beneficiary, is notified of the
emergency admission but the patient's family, including a reciprocal
beneficiary, need not be notified if the patient is an adult and requests that
there be no notification. The patient
shall be allowed to confer with an attorney in private.
A patient who is seen in an emergency department or hospitalized on an emergency basis pursuant to this subsection, and who is determined to be imminently dangerous to self or others by an emergency room physician or psychologist, or diagnosed with a mental illness or severe substance use disorder pursuant to subsection (b); and found to be lacking decisional capacity by a psychiatrist, emergency room physician, psychologist, or advanced practice registered nurse having prescriptive authority and who holds an accredited national certification in an advanced practice registered nurse psychiatric specialization, shall be assessed to determine whether a surrogate under section 327E-5 or a guardian under article V of chapter 560 is needed to make appropriate health care decisions for the patient."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Mental Illness; Substance Abuse; Imminently Dangerous Standard; Emergency Hospitalization; Assessment
Description:
Requires assessment of patients who are subject to emergency hospitalization, diagnosed with a mental illness or severe substance use disorder, and found to be lacking decisional capacity to determine if a surrogate or guardian needs to be appointed to make appropriate health care decisions for the patient. Authorizes certain health care providers to make determinations on the presence of mental illness, substance abuse disorder, and decisional capacity of the patient. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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