RELATING TO MEDICAL INFORMED CONSENT.
Summary
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 prior to 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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 12, 2023
Last action Jan 20, 2023
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Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
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Committee
1
Jan 20, 2023
Senate · Referred to committee
Referred to HHS, CPN.
Jan 18, 2023
Senate · Introduced
Introduced and passed First Reading.
Jan 12, 2023
Senate · Introduced
Pending Introduction.
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Karl Rhoads
DDemocratic
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