Bill Text: HI SB1610 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Physician Assistant; Registered Nurse; Medical Orders

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [SB1610 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB1610-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1177

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1610

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 1610, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICAL ORDERS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure the continued provision of valuable medical care to patients by physician assistants (PA) and registered nurses (RN) under the orders of licensed physicians by:

 

(1)  Clarifying that a PA acts as an agent of the supervising physician when issuing a medical order and that the order is deemed to be issued by the supervising physician; and

 

(2)  Ensuring PAs and RNs exercise due care in performing within their respective scope of practice.

 

     The Board of Nursing, Occupational Therapy Association of Hawaii, The Academy of Physician Assistants, and several concerned individuals supported this bill.  The Hawaii Medical Board supported the intent of this measure.  Kaiser Permanente Hawaii submitted comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

(1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

 

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1610, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1610, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committees on Judiciary and Consumer Protection & Commerce.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

 

 

		____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair