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HB1112, SB930: RELATING TO VOLUNTEER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Enhances the State’s public health care workforce by providing reasonable immunity from liability for licensed medical personnel providing volunteer services on behalf of the State or a county.
HB1113, SB931: RELATING TO EPIDEMIOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS
Protects the public from potential disease outbreaks by authorizing the Department of Health to obtain plant, animal, food, or other environmental samples necessary to conduct an epidemiologic investigation.
Governor Lingle visits Castle Medical Center's Vera Zilber Birth Center and the Eleanor Crim Nursery.
HB1114, SB932: RELATING TO INFECTIOUS DISEASE TESTING
Improves early diagnosis and treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) by aligning Hawai`i law with recommendations from the federal Centers for Disease Control.
HB1115, SB933: RELATING TO TEMPORARY LICENSURE OF DENTISTS
Improves access to dental care for the underserved by authorizing dentists not licensed in the State of Hawai`i, who are employed or under contract with the Department of Health, to receive temporary licensure in the State.
HB1120, SB938: RELATING TO MEDICAL LIABILITY
Addresses medical malpractice insurance costs by capping non-economic damages at $250,000, establishing limits for attorney contingent fees, and requiring that economic damages be allocated based upon proportionate percentage of negligence.
A student at Sacred Hearts Academy waits to receive her influenza vaccination.
HB1121, SB939: RELATING TO ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
Reverses the order for review of Certificates of Need (CON) for new medical facilities to allow county or local councils to conduct the final review; requires a hearing to reconsider the denial of a CON to be held on the island where the medical facility or service would be provided; increases from $4 million to $8 million the threshold expenditure requiring a CON; and broadens the list of medical facilities exempt from the CON requirement to avoid unnecessary reviews of medical services in short supply.
HB1122, SB940: RELATING TO INSURANCE
Reduces the Department’s administrative costs by requiring insurance plans, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to pay the State directly for the provision of pre-hospital ambulance treatment and transport services.
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