SB 2680 Hawaii Senate · 2022 Regular Session

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Summary

Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses, in addition to physicians, to practice medical-aid-in-dying in accordance with their scope of practice and prescribing authority. Authorizes licensed psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, and marriage and family therapists, in addition to psychiatrists, psychologists, and clinical social workers, to provide counseling to a qualified patient. Strengthens nondisclosure protections. Reduces the mandatory waiting period between oral requests from twenty days to fifteen days. Waives the mandatory waiting period for those terminally ill individuals not expected to survive the mandatory waiting period. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD2)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2022

Committee Review

Mar 2022

Senate Passage

Mar 2022

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2022 Last action Mar 10, 2022

Floor votes · Senate Mar 8, 2022

How they voted

22–3

Passed

Total votes 25

Mar 8, 2022

D Democratic24

22 Yea 2 Nay

91% Yea

R Republican1

1 Nay

100% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 10, 2022

Committee

Referred to HHH/CPC, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 24

lower

Mar 8, 2022

Introduced

Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 297) in amended form (SD 2).

lower

Mar 8, 2022

Upper · Passed

Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Kim, Misalucha. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Fevella, Gabbard, Riviere). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

upper

Mar 1, 2022

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Chang, DeCoite, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Fevella; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Nishihara, Riviere.

upper

Mar 1, 2022

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Keohokalole, Acasio, Lee; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Kim ; 2 No(es): Senator(s) Gabbard, Fevella; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Feb 25, 2022

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on CPN/JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-01-22 10:00AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Feb 17, 2022

Committee

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN/JDC.

upper

Feb 17, 2022

Committee

Reported from HTH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2430) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN/JDC.

upper

Feb 7, 2022

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HTH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HTH were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Baker, Moriwaki, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Fevella; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Feb 4, 2022

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HTH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-07-22 1:00PM; Via Videoconference.

upper

Jan 24, 2022

Committee

Referred to HTH, CPN/JDC.

upper

Jan 21, 2022

Introduced

Introduced.