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Hawaii Senate Bill SB107 Compare Versions

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1	1	THE SENATE S.B. NO. 107 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 STATE OF HAWAII A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICAL INFORMED CONSENT. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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3	3	THE SENATE S.B. NO. 107
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31	31	A BILL FOR AN ACT
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37	37	RELATING TO MEDICAL INFORMED CONSENT.
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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. Section 671-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows: "§671-3 Informed consent. (a) The Hawaii medical board [may] shall establish standards for health care providers to follow in giving information to a patient, or to a patient's guardian or legal surrogate if the patient lacks the capacity to give an informed consent, to ensure that the patient's consent to treatment is an informed consent. The standards shall be consistent with [subsection] subsections (b) and (c) and may include: (1) The substantive content of the information to be given; (2) The manner in which the information is to be given by the health care provider; and (3) The manner in which consent is to be given by the patient or the patient's guardian or legal surrogate. (b) The following information shall be supplied to the patient or the patient's guardian or legal surrogate [prior to] before obtaining consent to a proposed medical or surgical treatment or a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure: (1) The condition to be treated; (2) A description of the proposed treatment or procedure; (3) The intended and anticipated results of the proposed treatment or procedure; (4) The recognized alternative treatments or procedures, including the option of not providing these treatments or procedures; (5) The recognized material risks of serious complications or mortality associated with: (A) The proposed treatment or procedure; (B) The recognized alternative treatments or procedures; and (C) Not undergoing any treatment or procedure; and (6) The recognized benefits of the recognized alternative treatments or procedures. (c) Informed consent to a proposed medical or surgical treatment or a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure shall be obtained from the patient or the patient's guardian or legal surrogate before the date that the treatment or procedure is to take place; provided that if the proposed procedure or treatment is to take place on the same day on which it is scheduled, the informed consent shall be obtained at the time the decision is made to schedule that procedure or treatment. A confirmation of the informed consent that was previously acquired may be obtained by the treating health care provider from the patient or patient's guardian or legal surrogate on the day of the treatment or procedure. [(c)] (d) On or before January 1, 1984, the Hawaii medical board shall establish standards for health care providers to follow in giving information to a patient or a patient's guardian, to ensure that the patient's consent to the performance of a mastectomy is an informed consent. The standards shall include the substantive content of the information to be given, the manner in which the information is to be given by the health care provider and the manner in which consent is to be given by the patient or the patient's guardian. The substantive content of the information to be given shall include information on the recognized alternative forms of treatment. [(d)] (e) Nothing in this section shall require informed consent from a patient or a patient's guardian or legal surrogate when emergency treatment or an emergency procedure is rendered by a health care provider and the obtaining of consent is not reasonably feasible under the circumstances without adversely affecting the condition of the patient's health. [(e)] (f) For purposes of this section, "legal surrogate" means an agent designated in a power of attorney for health care or surrogate designated or selected in accordance with chapter 327E." SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored. SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. INTRODUCED BY: _____________________________
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49	49	SECTION 1. Section 671-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
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51	51	"§671-3 Informed consent. (a) The Hawaii medical board [may] shall establish standards for health care providers to follow in giving information to a patient, or to a patient's guardian or legal surrogate if the patient lacks the capacity to give an informed consent, to ensure that the patient's consent to treatment is an informed consent. The standards shall be consistent with [subsection] subsections (b) and (c) and may include:
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53	53	(1) The substantive content of the information to be given;
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55	55	(2) The manner in which the information is to be given by the health care provider; and
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57	57	(3) The manner in which consent is to be given by the patient or the patient's guardian or legal surrogate.
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59	59	(b) The following information shall be supplied to the patient or the patient's guardian or legal surrogate [prior to] before obtaining consent to a proposed medical or surgical treatment or a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure:
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61	61	(1) The condition to be treated;
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63	63	(2) A description of the proposed treatment or procedure;
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65	65	(3) The intended and anticipated results of the proposed treatment or procedure;
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67	67	(4) The recognized alternative treatments or procedures, including the option of not providing these treatments or procedures;
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69	69	(5) The recognized material risks of serious complications or mortality associated with:
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71	71	(A) The proposed treatment or procedure;
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73	73	(B) The recognized alternative treatments or procedures; and
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75	75	(C) Not undergoing any treatment or procedure; and
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77	77	(6) The recognized benefits of the recognized alternative treatments or procedures.
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79	79	(c) Informed consent to a proposed medical or surgical treatment or a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure shall be obtained from the patient or the patient's guardian or legal surrogate before the date that the treatment or procedure is to take place; provided that if the proposed procedure or treatment is to take place on the same day on which it is scheduled, the informed consent shall be obtained at the time the decision is made to schedule that procedure or treatment. A confirmation of the informed consent that was previously acquired may be obtained by the treating health care provider from the patient or patient's guardian or legal surrogate on the day of the treatment or procedure.
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81	81	[(c)] (d) On or before January 1, 1984, the Hawaii medical board shall establish standards for health care providers to follow in giving information to a patient or a patient's guardian, to ensure that the patient's consent to the performance of a mastectomy is an informed consent. The standards shall include the substantive content of the information to be given, the manner in which the information is to be given by the health care provider and the manner in which consent is to be given by the patient or the patient's guardian. The substantive content of the information to be given shall include information on the recognized alternative forms of treatment.
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83	83	[(d)] (e) Nothing in this section shall require informed consent from a patient or a patient's guardian or legal surrogate when emergency treatment or an emergency procedure is rendered by a health care provider and the obtaining of consent is not reasonably feasible under the circumstances without adversely affecting the condition of the patient's health.
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85	85	[(e)] (f) For purposes of this section, "legal surrogate" means an agent designated in a power of attorney for health care or surrogate designated or selected in accordance with chapter 327E."
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87	87	SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
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89	89	SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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103	103	Report Title: Medical Informed Consent; Timing; Hawaii Medical Board; Standards Description: Requires the Hawaii Medical Board to establish standards for health care providers to ensure that a patient's consent to treatment is an informed consent. Requires that informed consent for a proposed medical or surgical treatment or a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure shall be obtained before the day of that treatment or procedure. Specifies that if the treatment or procedure is to occur on the same day it is scheduled, the informed consent shall be obtained at the time the decision is made to schedule that treatment or procedure. 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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113	113	Medical Informed Consent; Timing; Hawaii Medical Board; Standards
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119	119	Requires the Hawaii Medical Board to establish standards for health care providers to ensure that a patient's consent to treatment is an informed consent. Requires that informed consent for a proposed medical or surgical treatment or a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure shall be obtained before the day of that treatment or procedure. Specifies that if the treatment or procedure is to occur on the same day it is scheduled, the informed consent shall be obtained at the time the decision is made to schedule that treatment or procedure.
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127	127	The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.