Hawaii 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB599
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/25/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Refer
2/16/23
Report Pass
3/3/23
Engrossed
3/7/23
Refer
3/9/23
Report Pass
3/17/23
Refer
3/17/23
Report Pass
3/24/23
Refer
3/24/23
Report Pass
4/6/23
Report Pass
4/28/23
Report Pass
4/28/23
Enrolled
5/2/23
Chaptered
6/22/23
Passed
6/22/23
Allows certain physician assistants to sign orders for respiratory therapy and plans of care. Expands the class of health care providers under whom respiratory therapists may practice respiratory care to include physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB6
Introduced
1/18/23
Refer
1/20/23
Allows the Department of Human Services to administer and provide public assistance to eligible residents of the State during a Governor-Declared State of Emergency.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB60
Introduced
1/18/23
Refer
1/20/23
Authorizes state-licensed and credentialed physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, and physician assistants, who are not physically in the State, to issue prescriptions for certain controlled substances under a limited circumstance. Authorizes pharmacies to dispense the prescriptions.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB600
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/25/23
Increases the categories of women required to be covered for mammogram screenings. Requires the existing health insurance mandate for coverage of low-dose mammography to include digital mammography and breast tomosynthesis. Defines "digital breast tomosynthesis". Requires health care providers to be reimbursed at rates accurately reflecting the resource costs specific to each service, including any increased resource cost after 1/1/2023.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB601
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/25/23
Report Pass
2/17/23
Refer
2/17/23
Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Hawaii Pacific Health. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB602
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/25/23
Report Pass
2/17/23
Refer
2/17/23
Report Pass
3/3/23
Engrossed
3/7/23
Refer
3/9/23
Report Pass
4/5/23
Report Pass
4/27/23
Report Pass
4/27/23
Enrolled
5/2/23
Chaptered
6/22/23
Passed
6/22/23
Authorizes pharmacists to order, perform, and report the results of certain Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988-waived tests. Specifies educational and permitting requirements for the ordering, performance, and reporting the results of certain CLIA-waived tests. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB603
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/25/23
Allows students who experienced educational disruption to graduate high school through enrollment in an accepted alternative education program and participation in certain activities approved by the department of education.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB604
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/25/23
Refer
1/30/23
Prohibits state and county employees and officers from providing reproductive health care services patient information or expending state resources in furtherance of another state's investigation or proceeding that seeks to impose civil, criminal, or professional liability upon a person or entity related to reproductive health care services. Prohibits any person from being compelled to provide reproductive health care services patient information. Prohibits any persons from being disqualified from licensure or subject to discipline by a Hawaii board of professional licensure for providing reproductive health care services.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB605
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/25/23
Requires the Department of Education to meet with Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind stakeholders and members of the Hawaii deaf community regarding the development of a plan to transition the Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind to a conversion charter school. Requires a report to the Legislature.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB606
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/25/23
Report Pass
2/17/23
Refer
2/17/23
Report Pass
3/3/23
Engrossed
3/7/23
Refer
3/9/23
Exempts from the general excise tax, gross receipts received by a hospital, infirmary, medical clinic, health care facility, pharmacy, or a practitioner licensed to administer drugs to an individual, from the sale of hearing aids. Effective 12/31/2050. Sunsets 1/1/2026. (SD2)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB607
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/25/23
Refer
2/1/23
Adopts the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard for the purposes of providing instructional materials to eligible students in a timely manner and requires the Department of Education to coordinate with the National Instructional Materials Access Center. Authorizes the Department to assist non-public elementary and secondary school and alternative educational program in obtaining accessible instructional materials. Requires all elementary schools, secondary schools, and alternative educational programs to provide eligible students with accessible instructional materials, assistive technology devices, and assistive technology services at the same time print instructional materials are provided to other students.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB608
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/25/23
Report Pass
2/17/23
Refer
2/17/23
Report Pass
3/3/23
Engrossed
3/7/23
Refer
3/9/23
Requires pharmacies to provide accessible prescription drug label information to individuals who have difficulty seeing or reading standard printed prescription drug container labels and inform the public that prescription drug label information is available in alternate accessible formats for individuals who have difficulty seeing or reading prescription drug container labels. Requires the Board of Pharmacy to adopt certain rules by December 31, 2023. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB609
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/25/23
Refer
1/27/23
Report Pass
2/17/23
Refer
2/17/23
Report Pass
3/3/23
Engrossed
3/7/23
Refer
3/9/23
Requires health insurance policies and contracts issued on or after 01/01/2024 to provide coverage for the cost of hearing aids at a minimum of an unspecified amount per hearing aid for each hearing-impaired ear every thirty-six months. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB61
Introduced
1/18/23
Refer
1/20/23
Creates a new category of professional licensure for associate physicians, which are recent medical school graduates who have passed certain medical exams but have not been placed into a residency program and who work under the supervision of a licensed physician to provide primary care in medically underserved areas. Prescribes the scope of practice of associate physicians. Creates requirements for collaborative practice agreements between associate physicians and collaborating physicians. Authorizes associate physicians to prescribe certain controlled substances.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB610
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/25/23
Report Pass
2/17/23
Refer
2/17/23
Report Pass
3/3/23
Engrossed
3/7/23
Refer
3/9/23
Report Pass
3/17/23
Refer
3/17/23
Recognizes American Sign Language as a fully developed, autonomous, natural language with its own grammar, syntax, vocabulary, and cultural heritage.