summary
Introduced
01/22/2021
01/22/2021
In Committee
03/11/2021
03/11/2021
Crossed Over
03/09/2021
03/09/2021
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 and clinical nurse specialists, 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. (SD1)
AI Summary
This bill amends the Our Care, Our Choice Act to authorize advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) to practice medical aid in dying, in addition to physicians. It also allows psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists to provide counseling to qualified patients, alongside psychiatrists, psychologists, and clinical social workers. The bill reduces the mandatory waiting period between oral requests from 20 days to 15 days and provides an expedited pathway to waive the waiting period for terminally ill individuals not expected to survive the original timeframe.
Committee Categories
Health and Social Services, Justice
Sponsors (16)
Laura Acasio (D)*,
Rosalyn Baker (D)*,
Stanley Chang (D)*,
Les Ihara (D)*,
Gilbert Keith-Agaran (D)*,
Jarrett Keohokalole (D)*,
Michelle Kidani (D)*,
Sharon Moriwaki (D)*,
Clarence Nishihara (D)*,
Karl Rhoads (D)*,
Joy San Buenaventura (D)*,
Maile Shimabukuro (D)*,
Glenn Wakai (D)*,
Lorraine Inouye (D),
Bennette Misalucha (D),
Brian Taniguchi (D),
Last Action
Carried over to 2022 Regular Session. (on 12/10/2021)
Official Document
bill text
bill summary
Loading...
bill summary
Loading...
bill summary
Loading...