Bill Text: HI SB2661 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended

Hawaii Senate Bill 2661 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating To Midwives.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-22 - The committee on CPN deferred the measure. [SB2661 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2022-SB2661-Amended.html

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2661
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO MIDWIVES.

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

SECTION 1. (a) There is established a home birth task force under the Hawaii state commission on the status of women.

(b) The task force shall consist of not more than twelve members and shall include:

(1) The director of commerce and consumer affairs, or the director's designee;

(2) The director of health, or the director's designee;

(3) A representative from the Hawaii section of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists;

(4) A representative of the Healthcare Association of Hawaii; and

(5) Members recommended by the Hawaii Home Birth Collective LLC that represent the following stakeholder groups: certified nurse midwife; certified professional midwife; home birth elder; traditional or cultural birth attendant; and a member of the public that has used home birth services.

(c) The task force shall include representation from all counties. The task force may recommend additional members with appropriate expertise, to be approved by the chairperson.

(d) The task force shall elect a chairperson from among the members of the task force.

(e) The task force shall investigate issues relating to the midwifery regulatory scheme established by Act 32, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019. The investigation shall include but not be limited to the following:

(1) The accessibility of credentialing compliant with Act 32, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019, to midwives in the State;

(2) The number of applicants who would qualify or apply for the exemption proposed by Senate Bill No. 2661, Regular Session of 2022, as introduced; and

(3) How the exemption proposed by Senate Bill No. 2661 would be enforced by the department of commerce and consumer affairs, Hawaii Home Birth Collective LLC, or other enforcing entity.

(f) The members of the task force shall serve without compensation. No member of the task force shall be made subject to section 84-17, Hawaii Revised Statutes, solely because of that member's participation on the task force. The task force shall be exempt from part I, chapter 92, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

(g) The Hawaii state commission on the status of women shall provide administrative and clerical support required by the task force.

(h) The task force shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2023.

(i) The home birth task force shall dissolve on June 30, 2023.

SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Report Title:

Licensing of Midwives; Childbirth

Description:

Establishes the Home Birth Task Force to investigate outstanding issues relating to regulatory scheme created by Act 32, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019. (SD1)

The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.