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  • you'll be hearing about today. you'll be hearing about today.
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  • They're far into that process.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 847, which would create a Kauai pilot program allowing qualified psychologists limited authority to prescribe psychotropic medications. The Board of Psychology supported the bill’s intent but asked for amendments to delay the effective date or extend the pilot so rules could be written first, and to clarify the education/training language. Supporters, including the Hawaii Psychological Association, Hawaii Mental Health Coalition, and several psychologists, argued that prescribing psychologists have long safety records in other jurisdictions and that the pilot could improve access to care on Kauai, especially amid ongoing mental health needs and storm-related stress. They cited studies and examples from New Mexico, Louisiana, the Department of Defense, and other places. Opponents, including the Hawaii Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, Queen’s Medical Center, and a Department of Health representative, said the bill needed substantial work, raised concerns about training, liability, and workforce impacts, and urged a team-based model with psychiatrist oversight rather than independent prescribing. Some testimony also referenced a GAO report, with witnesses disagreeing over its meaning and cost-effectiveness. No vote was taken during the discussion, and members asked questions about how the bill would address the workforce shortage and whether a psychiatrist on Kauai could already meet the need. The committee then moved to SB 2271 on hospital licensing and SB 2272 on home health care licensing. The Department of Health, the Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities supported both measures, which were described as streamlining and clarifying licensing oversight by relying on accreditation or certification reports. A member asked whether the bill language on hospital accreditation reports was duplicative, and the response was that the second provision was intended to strengthen enforcement by requiring hospitals to provide the actual report to DOH. The committee did not take final action in the portion of the hearing provided, and the chair noted that all bills on the agenda would later be considered for decision-making.
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  • We are hearing the bills on the agenda, and those are the only bills that we will be hearing, if that's
  • of any interest to anybody. ...and those are the only bills that we will be hearing, if that's any interest
  • This sets up the process for community-based outpatient restoration treatment. Yield for questions.
  • Hearing none, the amendment is adopted. We're back on the bill as amended.
  • Hearing none, that will be the order. Back on the bill as amended, Representative West.
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  • Is refining the process, and quite honestly, you know, I'm...
  • Hearing none, the motion is adopted. Questions? Any questions?
  • Thank you, Vice-Chair Perry, for the hearing on this bill.
  • And their own witness changed her testimony at the hearing.
  • Chair, hears none. Public testimony is closed.