Hawaii State Legislature
2003 Legislative Session

SB1571

Generated on 8/21/2003 10:40:34 AM

Measure Title: RELATING TO PATIENT SAFETY.
Report Title: Patient Safety; Medical Errors; Incident Reporting
Description: Establishes a patient safety and medical errors reduction program for all health care facilities in the State, including a risk management and risk prevention education and training component for nonphysician personnel and the development and implementation of an incident reporting system.
Package: None
Companion:
Introducer(s): TSUTSUI, ESPERO, BAKER, Kim, Menor, Kawamoto, English, Hooser, Kokubun, Fukunaga, Inouye
Current Referral:HTH, JHW

Date Status Text
1/24/2003SIntroduced and passed First Reading.
1/28/2003SReferred to HTH, JHW.
1/31/2003SBill scheduled to be heard by HTH on 02-06-03 at 2:30 pm in conference room 016.
2/6/2003SThe committee(s) on HTH recommend(s) that the measure be HELD.
2/6/2003SThe votes in HTH were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Chun Oakland, Kokubun, Tsutsui, Hogue; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye.
8/21/2003DCarried over to 2004 Regular Session.

$ = Appropriation measure
ConAm = Constitutional Amendment