Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB592 Compare Versions

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1	1	THE SENATE S.B. NO. 592 THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 STATE OF HAWAII A BILL FOR AN ACT Relating to Health. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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3	3	THE SENATE S.B. NO. 592
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13	13	THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023
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31	31	A BILL FOR AN ACT
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37	37	Relating to Health.
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43	43	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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47	47	SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to increase the likelihood that persons suffering from serious mental illness or substance abuse will receive timely and appropriate care and treatment by requiring certain patients subject to emergency hospitalization to be assessed to determine whether a surrogate or guardian is needed to make appropriate health care decisions for the patient. SECTION 2. Section 334-59, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows: "(d) Emergency hospitalization. If the psychiatrist or advanced practice registered nurse [with] having prescriptive authority and who holds an accredited national certification in an advanced practice registered nurse psychiatric specialization who performs [the] an emergency examination has reason to believe that the patient is: (1) Mentally ill or suffering from substance abuse; (2) Imminently dangerous to self or others; and (3) In need of care or treatment, or both; the psychiatrist or advanced practice registered nurse [with] having prescriptive authority and who holds an accredited national certification in an advanced practice registered nurse psychiatric specialization shall direct that the patient be hospitalized on an emergency basis or cause the patient to be transferred to another psychiatric facility for emergency hospitalization, or both. [The] Immediately upon admission, the patient shall have the right [immediately upon admission] to telephone the patient's guardian or a family member including a reciprocal beneficiary, or an adult friend and an attorney. If the patient declines to exercise that right, the staff of the facility shall inform the adult patient of the right to waive notification to the family, including a reciprocal beneficiary, and shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that the patient's guardian or family, including a reciprocal beneficiary, is notified of the emergency admission [but]; provided that the patient's family, including a reciprocal beneficiary, need not be notified if the patient is an adult and requests that there be no notification. The patient shall be allowed to confer with an attorney in private. A patient who is examined in an emergency department or hospitalized on an emergency basis pursuant to this subsection, diagnosed with a mental illness or substance use disorder pursuant to subsection (b), and found to be lacking decisional capacity by a psychiatrist or advanced practice registered nurse having prescriptive authority and who holds an accredited national certification in an advanced practice registered nurse psychiatric specialization, shall be assessed to determine whether a surrogate under section 327E-5 or a guardian under article V of chapter 560 is needed to make appropriate health care decisions for the patient." SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored. SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. INTRODUCED BY: _____________________________
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49	49	SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to increase the likelihood that persons suffering from serious mental illness or substance abuse will receive timely and appropriate care and treatment by requiring certain patients subject to emergency hospitalization to be assessed to determine whether a surrogate or guardian is needed to make appropriate health care decisions for the patient.
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51	51	SECTION 2. Section 334-59, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
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53	53	"(d) Emergency hospitalization. If the psychiatrist or advanced practice registered nurse [with] having prescriptive authority and who holds an accredited national certification in an advanced practice registered nurse psychiatric specialization who performs [the] an emergency examination has reason to believe that the patient is:
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55	55	(1) Mentally ill or suffering from substance abuse;
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57	57	(2) Imminently dangerous to self or others; and
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59	59	(3) In need of care or treatment, or both;
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61	61	the psychiatrist or advanced practice registered nurse [with] having prescriptive authority and who holds an accredited national certification in an advanced practice registered nurse psychiatric specialization shall direct that the patient be hospitalized on an emergency basis or cause the patient to be transferred to another psychiatric facility for emergency hospitalization, or both. [The] Immediately upon admission, the patient shall have the right [immediately upon admission] to telephone the patient's guardian or a family member including a reciprocal beneficiary, or an adult friend and an attorney. If the patient declines to exercise that right, the staff of the facility shall inform the adult patient of the right to waive notification to the family, including a reciprocal beneficiary, and shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that the patient's guardian or family, including a reciprocal beneficiary, is notified of the emergency admission [but]; provided that the patient's family, including a reciprocal beneficiary, need not be notified if the patient is an adult and requests that there be no notification. The patient shall be allowed to confer with an attorney in private.
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63	63	A patient who is examined in an emergency department or hospitalized on an emergency basis pursuant to this subsection, diagnosed with a mental illness or substance use disorder pursuant to subsection (b), and found to be lacking decisional capacity by a psychiatrist or advanced practice registered nurse having prescriptive authority and who holds an accredited national certification in an advanced practice registered nurse psychiatric specialization, shall be assessed to determine whether a surrogate under section 327E-5 or a guardian under article V of chapter 560 is needed to make appropriate health care decisions for the patient."
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65	65	SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
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67	67	SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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113	113	Report Title: Emergency Hospitalizations; Mental Illness; Substance Use Disorders; Assessments; Surrogates; Guardians Description: Requires certain patients subject to emergency hospitalization to be assessed to determine whether a surrogate or guardian is needed to make appropriate health care decisions for the patient. The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
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121	121	Emergency Hospitalizations; Mental Illness; Substance Use Disorders; Assessments; Surrogates; Guardians
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127	127	Requires certain patients subject to emergency hospitalization to be assessed to determine whether a surrogate or guardian is needed to make appropriate health care decisions for the patient.
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135	135	The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.