Bill Text: HI HB587 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Electroconvulsive Treatment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-12-01 - Carried over to 2020 Regular Session. [HB587 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-HB587-Introduced.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to electroconvulsive treatment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 453, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part I to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§453- Electroconvulsive
treatment of minors; prohibited. (a) No physician or osteopathic physician shall
engage in or attempt to engage in electroconvulsive treatment on a person under
eighteen years of age.
(b) Any person licensed as a physician or
osteopathic physician who engages in or attempts to engage in electroconvulsive
treatment on a person under eighteen years of age shall be subject to
disciplinary action by the Hawaii Medical Board.
(c) For purposes of this section, "electroconvulsive
treatment" means the intentional passage of electrical current through a
patient's head in a voltage sufficient to induce a seizure."
SECTION 2. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Physicians; Electroconvulsive Treatment; Minors; Prohibited
Description:
Prohibits physicians from using electroconvulsive treatment on minors.
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