HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1638
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to discharge planning.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 323G-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  Each hospital shall adopt and maintain a written discharge policy or policies that include the following components:

     (1)  Each patient is provided an opportunity to designate a caregiver, to be included in the patient's electronic health record;

     (2)  Each patient and the patient's designated caregiver are given the opportunity to participate in the discharge planning;

     (3)  Each patient and the patient's designated caregiver are given the opportunity to receive instruction, prior to discharge, related to the patient's after-care needs[;], including information on hospice and palliative care if deemed relevant by the discharge plan; and

     (4)  Each patient's caregiver is notified of the patient's discharge or transfer.  A hospital shall make reasonable attempts to notify the patient's caregiver of the patient's discharge to the patient's residence as soon as practicable.  In the event that the hospital is unable to contact the designated caregiver, the lack of contact shall not interfere with, delay, or otherwise affect the medical care provided to the patient or an appropriate discharge of the patient."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2020.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

Report Title:

Hospital Discharge Planning; Palliative Care; Hospice

 

Description:

Requires hospitals to provide patients or their designated caregiver with information on hospice and palliative care, if deemed relevant, upon discharge.

 

 

 

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