Bill Text: HI SCR25 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Home Birth Safety Board; Home Birth Providers; License; Auditor

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-31 - Referred to HTH/CPN, WAM. [SCR25 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2014-SCR25-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.C.R. NO.	25
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

requesting the auditor to assess the probable effects of licensing ANd regulating home birth providers.

 

 

     WHEREAS, no licensure, certification, or registration of home birth providers exists in Hawaii; and

 

     WHEREAS, Hawaii currently has no regulations for home birth safety; no educational requirements for home birth providers; and no requirements to inform mothers about the possible risks of home birth, in particular the risks of a high risk pregnancy home birth; and

 

     WHEREAS, no safety protocols exist for the selection of candidates for planned home birth and the transfer of care or referral from home birth provider to the hospital or physician; and

 

     WHEREAS, national data reports a two to three-fold increased risk of neonatal mortality with planned home birth versus hospital birth, and that multiple preventable neonatal deaths have occurred in Hawaii; and

 

     WHEREAS, data further shows an increased risk of neonatal morbidity, including low Apgar scores and serious neurologic problems associated with planned home birth versus hospital birth; and

 

     WHEREAS, S.B. No.       (Regular Session of 2014) mandates licensing and regulatory controls for home birth safety providers by establishing a home birth safety board for licensure; requiring home birth providers to meet minimum educational and training requirements for midwives established by the American Midwifery Certification Board; establishing protocols for home birth safety; requiring collection of home birth data; and requiring that home birth providers fully inform their clients regarding their planned home birth so that they may make an informed decision; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Legislature believes that the licensing and regulation of home birth providers, as provided in S.B. No.       (Regular Session of 2014), will substantially improve home birth safety; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-seventh Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2014, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Auditor is requested to conduct an impact assessment report pursuant to section 26H-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, of the probable effects of licensing and regulating home birth providers and assess whether it is consistent with policies set forth in section 26H‑2, Hawaii Revised Statutes; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Auditor is requested to submit findings and recommendations to the Legislature, including any necessary implementing legislation, no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2015; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Auditor and Director of Health.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Home Birth Safety Board; Home Birth Providers; License; Auditor