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SB 1246 Hawaii Senate · 2019 Regular Session

RELATING TO TELEHEALTH.

Summary
Establishes goals for the adoption and proliferation of telehealth to increase health care access. Establishes the State Strategic Telehealth Advisory Council and permanent State Telehealth and Health Care Access Coordinator position. Dissolves the Advisory Council on 7/1/2022. Establishes the Telehealth Administrative Simplification Working Group to research, make recommendations, and report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. (CD1)
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Apr 2019
Senate Passage
Apr 2019
House Passage
Apr 2019
Signed into Law
Jun 2019
Introduced Jan 24, 2019 Signed Jun 28, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Mar 5, 2019 · House Apr 9, 2019

How they voted

24–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 25
Mar 5, 2019
D Democratic24
23 Yea 1
95% Yea
R Republican1
1 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
48
Key actions
18
Committee
19
Amendments
2
Jun 28, 2019
Signed into law
Act 139, 06/25/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1241).
upper
Jun 28, 2019
Signed into law
Act 139, on 06/25/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1241).
lower
Apr 26, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 142) as amended in (CD 1).
lower
Apr 26, 2019
Introduced
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
upper
Apr 26, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 142).
upper
Apr 26, 2019
Lower · Passed
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, B. Kobayashi, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
lower
Apr 26, 2019
Upper · Passed
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, English, J.Keohokalole, Ruderman, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
upper
Apr 25, 2019
Upper · Passed
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-19 9:30AM in conference room 229.
upper
Apr 24, 2019
Upper · Passed
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-19 9:30AM in conference room 229.
upper
Apr 23, 2019
Upper · Passed
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-19 9:30AM in conference room 229.
upper
Apr 22, 2019
Upper · Passed
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-19 3:00PM in conference room 229.
upper
Apr 11, 2019
Introduced
Senate disagrees with House amendments.
upper
Apr 11, 2019
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 781).
upper
Apr 9, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Mar 29, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
lower
Mar 22, 2019
Committee
Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1686) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
lower
Mar 21, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, B. Kobayashi, Nakamura, San Buenaventura, Say, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Tokioka.
lower
Mar 7, 2019
Committee
Referred to HLT, FIN, referral sheet 27
lower
Mar 5, 2019
Introduced
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 418) in amended form (SD 2).
lower
Mar 5, 2019
Upper · Passed
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House.
upper
Feb 21, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 9 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 4 Excused: Senator(s) English, Harimoto, K. Kahele, Riviere.
upper
Feb 19, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-21-19 10:00AM in conference room 211.
upper
Feb 12, 2019
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
upper
Feb 12, 2019
Committee
Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 186) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
upper
Feb 6, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, S. Chang, J.Keohokalole, Ruderman, L. Thielen, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Nishihara.
upper
Feb 1, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-06-19 9:30AM in conference room 229.
upper
Jan 28, 2019
Committee
Referred to CPH, WAM.
upper
Jan 24, 2019
Introduced
Introduced.
upper
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