HB 487

  • Hawaii House Bill
  • 2021 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Jan 25, 2021
  • House
  • Senate
  • Governor

Relating To Health.

Abstract

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 fifteen days. Waives the mandatory waiting period for those terminally ill individuals not expected to survive the mandatory waiting period.

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Feb 03, 2021

House

Re-referred to HHH, CPC, JHA, referral sheet 5

  • Referral-Committee
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Consumer Protection & Commerce Health, Human Services, & Homelessness

Jan 27, 2021

House

Referred to HHH, JHA, referral sheet 1

  • Referral-Committee
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Health, Human Services, & Homelessness

Jan 25, 2021

House

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

Jan 22, 2021

House

Pending introduction.

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