HB 1499 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

Summary

Expands the Department of Education's authority to allow more trained staff to volunteer to assist students with the administration of medication. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2025 Last action Mar 6, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB1499_HD1 → HB1499_HD2 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill expands the Department of Education's authority to allow trained staff to volunteer and administer medications to students in public schools, addressing staffing shortages that limit current access to medication support. The changes clarify that volunteers can assist with medication administration after completing appropriate training, while maintaining that skilled nursing services remain outside the scope of this program.

Scope change

Expanded from only school health assistants to include trained volunteer staff who can administer medications to students in emergency situations or when prescribed medications are needed.

ELIGIBILITY

Added authorization for public school employees or agents who have completed appropriate training to act as volunteer substitutes for administering medications to students.

REQUIREMENT

Modified the statutory language to explicitly include volunteers alongside school health assistants in the medication administration program.

Updated the list of tasks volunteers can perform to include correctly identifying the student to receive medication.

TECHNICAL

Changed the effective date from July 1, 3000 to July 1, 2025 to reflect the current legislative session.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to EDU, CPN/JDC.

upper

Mar 6, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 379).

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Kong, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Lowen.

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Committee

Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 461) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Garrett, Kapela, Kila, Olds, Sayama, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to EDN, CPC, referral sheet 4

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors