Hawaii House Bill 487 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)
Status: Introduced on January 25 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-12-10 - Carried over to 2022 Regular Session.
Pending: House Health, Human Services, & Homelessness Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [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 fifteen days. Waives the mandatory waiting period for those terminally ill individuals not expected to survive the mandatory waiting period.

Relating To Health.

Sen. Troy Hashimoto [D]	Rep. Lynn Decoite [D]	Rep. Stacelynn Eli [D]	Rep. Mark Hashem [D]
Rep. Daniel Holt [D]	Rep. Greggor Ilagan [D]	Rep. Jeanne Kapela [D]	Rep. Lisa Marten [D]
Rep. John Mizuno [D]	Rep. Daynette Morikawa [D]	Rep. Scott Nishimoto [D]	Rep. Amy Perruso [D]
Rep. Gregg Takayama [D]	Rep. Roy Takumi [D]	Rep. Adrian Tam [D]	Rep. David Tarnas [D]
Rep. Chris Todd [D]	Rep. Kyle Yamashita [D]	Rep. Patrick Branco [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-12-10		Carried over to 2022 Regular Session.
2021-02-03	House	Re-referred to HHH, CPC, JHA, referral sheet 5
2021-01-27	House	Referred to HHH, JHA, referral sheet 1
2021-01-25	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2021-01-22	House	Pending introduction.

SB839 (Same As) 2021-12-10 - Carried over to 2022 Regular Session.
HB487 (Carry Over) 2021-02-03 - Re-referred to HHH, CPC, JHA, referral sheet 5

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=487&year=2022
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2022/bills/HB487_.HTM