HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1793

THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to hospitals.

 

 

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

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 321-14.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:

     "(d)  The rules shall [provide]:

     (1)  Provide that the department may conduct inspections and investigations of exempt hospitals to investigate complaints, follow up on adverse accreditation findings, or conduct periodic validation surveys[.]; and

     (2)  Require that each hospital holding a license pursuant to this section have, at all times, at least one trained security guard or off-duty law enforcement officer working as a security guard positioned at each entrance to the hospital, including emergency room entrances; provided that each trained security guard or off-duty law enforcement officer working as a security guard shall be trained, to the satisfaction of the department, in the use of weapons, defensive tactics, de-escalation techniques, appropriate physical restraint techniques, crisis intervention, and trauma-informed approaches to identifying and safely addressing situations involving patients, family members, or other persons who pose a risk of harm to themselves or others due to mental illness or substance abuse or who are experiencing a mental health crisis."

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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

DOH; Hospitals; Security; Licensure

 

Description:

Directs the Department of Health to include in its rules addressing hospital licensure a requirement that each hospital holding a license from the Department of Health have security personnel in certain locations at all times.

 

 

 

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