HB 816 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE.

Summary

Authorizes emergency medical technicians in the State to administer buprenorphine after the administration of an opioid antagonist during an opioid-related drug overdose response. Requires the Department of Health to adopt rules that incorporate standard protocols associated with opioid-related drug overdoses and buprenorphine administration, allocate resources for EMT training, and coordinate with emergency medical services providers in the State regarding the administration of buprenorphine. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Feb 11, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB816 → HB816_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from a standard legislative document to a Microsoft Word document template, which introduced significant formatting inconsistencies and metadata. The substantive policy content regarding opioid overdose response protocols remained largely unchanged, though some text formatting was altered. This appears to be a procedural change in document formatting rather than a substantive policy modification.

Scope change

No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; the policy provisions remain the same despite formatting changes.

TECHNICAL

Document formatting changed from plain text legislative format to Microsoft Word document metadata and formatting, including addition of file metadata, page numbers, and template information.

Text formatting inconsistencies introduced, including mixed character encoding and formatting artifacts from the Word document conversion.

Effective date changed from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 3000' in the summary section, though this appears to be a placeholder or error in the reformatted document.

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Committee

Feb 11, 2025

Committee

Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 327) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Chun, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garcia.

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to HLT, FIN, referral sheet 3

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

5 primary · 0 co-sponsors