Bill Text: HI HR48 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Pain Patient's Bill of Rights

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-04-15 - (H) Resolution adopted in final form. [HR48 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2011-HR48-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.R. NO.	48
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

 

requesting the development and implementation of a pain and palliative care policy.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, inadequate treatment of severe acute pain and severe chronic pain originating from cancer or noncancerous conditions is a significant health problem; and

 

     WHEREAS, for some patients, pain management is the single most important treatment a physician can provide; and

 

     WHEREAS, a patient who suffers from severe acute pain or severe chronic pain should have access to proper treatment of pain; and

 

     WHEREAS, due to the complexity of their problems, many patients who suffer from severe acute pain or severe chronic pain may require referral to a physician with expertise in the treatment of severe acute pain and severe chronic pain; and

 

     WHEREAS, in some cases, severe acute pain and severe chronic pain is best treated by a team of clinicians to address the associated physical, psychological, social, and vocational issues; and

 

     WHEREAS, in the hands of knowledgeable, ethical, and experienced pain management practitioners, opiates administered for severe acute pain or severe chronic pain can be safe; and

 

     WHEREAS, opiates may be part of an overall treatment plan for a patient in severe acute pain or severe chronic pain who has not obtained relief from any other means of pain management; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-sixth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2011, that the Hawaii State Board of Nursing is requested to develop and implement a pain and palliative care policy; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Hawaii State Board of Nursing shall report to this body on the development and implementation of a pain and palliative care policy no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2012; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Hawaii State Board of Nursing.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Pain Patient's Bill of Rights