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Introduced
01/22/2021
01/22/2021
In Committee
01/25/2021
01/25/2021
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
05/05/2022
05/05/2022
Introduced Session
2021 Regular Session
Bill 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 psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners, in addition to psychiatrists, psychologists, and clinical social workers, to provide counseling to a qualified patient. 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.
AI Summary
This bill amends Hawaii's "Our Care, Our Choice Act" to expand access to medical aid in dying. It authorizes advanced practice registered nurses, in addition to physicians, to provide this service within their scope of practice and prescribing authority. It also allows psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners, psychiatrists, psychologists, and clinical social workers to provide the required counseling to qualified patients. Additionally, the bill reduces the mandatory waiting period between oral requests from 20 to 15 days and waives the waiting period for terminally ill individuals not expected to survive that period.
Committee Categories
Health and Social Services
Sponsors (1)
Last Action
Carried over to 2022 Regular Session. (on 12/10/2021)
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