Hawaii Senate Bill 733 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-23 - Referred to CPH.
Pending: Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Requires the department of health to accept FDA-approved, CDC-recommended tuberculosis (TB) blood tests in addition to the TB skin test for the purpose of granting a certificate of TB examination. Amends the law requiring tuberculosis clearance prior to public school entry to be in accordance with law in addition to department of health rules. Clarifies that the department of health's administrative rules regarding the use of the Mantoux tuberculin skin test or chest x-rays in obtaining a certificate of tuberculosis examination shall remain in effect until amended to include the addition of TB blood tests as an acceptable TB diagnostic.

Relating To Tuberculosis Testing.

Sen. Josh Green [D]

Sen. Rosalyn Baker [D]

Sen. Russell Ruderman [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-23	Senate	Referred to CPH.
2017-01-23	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2017-01-20	Senate	Introduced.

SB733 (Carry Over) 2017-01-23 - Referred to CPH.

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=733&year=2017
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/SB733_.HTM