Hawaii Senate Bill 17 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 18 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-01-20 - Referred to HHS, CPN.
Pending: Senate Health and Human Services 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.

Sen. Karl Rhoads [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-20	Senate	Referred to HHS, CPN.
2023-01-18	Senate	Introduced and passed First Reading.
2023-01-12	Senate	Pending Introduction.

SB17 (Carry Over) 2023-01-20 - Referred to HHS, CPN.
HB518 (Same As) 2023-01-27 - Referred to HLT, CPC, JHA, referral sheet 2

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=17&year=2023
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB17_.HTM