Establishes goals for the adoption and proliferation of telehealth to increase health care access. Establishes the State Strategic Telehealth Advisory Council and permanent State Telehealth and Health Care Access Coordinator position. Dissolves the Advisory Council on 7/1/2022. Establishes the Telehealth Administrative Simplification Working Group to research, make recommendations, and report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. (CD1)
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Hawaii Legislature
2019 Regular Session
SB 1246
Hawaii SB 1246 (2019 Regular Session)
bill
Telehealth
State Strategic Telehealth Advisory Council
State Telehealth and Health Care Access Coordinator
Hawaii SB 1246 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO TELEHEALTH.
Establishes goals for the adoption and proliferation of telehealth to increase health care access. Establishes the State Strategic Telehealth Advisory Council and permanent State Telehealth and Health Care Access Coordinator position. Dissolves the Advisory Council on 7/1/2022. Establishes the Telehealth Administrative Simplification Working Group to research, make recommendations, and report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. (CD1)
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 3–0 (pass) · lower
The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-01-24 Introduced. introduction
2019-01-24 Passed First Reading. reading-1
2019-01-28 Referred to CPH, WAM. referral-committee
2019-02-01 The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-06-19 9:30AM in conference room 229.
2019-02-06 The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, S. Chang, J.Keohokalole, Ruderman, L. Thielen, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Nishihara. committee-passage-favorable
2019-02-12 Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 186) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
2019-02-12 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
2019-02-19 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-21-19 10:00AM in conference room 211.
2019-02-21 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 9 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 4 Excused: Senator(s) English, Harimoto, K. Kahele, Riviere. committee-passage-favorable
2019-03-01 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 877) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
2019-03-01 48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-19.
2019-03-05 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House. passage
2019-03-05 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 418) in amended form (SD 2). introduction
2019-03-07 Pass First Reading reading-1
2019-03-07 Referred to HLT, FIN, referral sheet 27 referral-committee
2019-03-18 Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Thursday, 03-21-19 10:00AM in House conference room 329.
2019-03-21 The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, B. Kobayashi, Nakamura, San Buenaventura, Say, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Tokioka. committee-passage-favorable
2019-03-22 Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1686) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2019-03-22 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan, Yamane excused (2). reading-2, referral-committee
2019-03-27 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 03-29-19 2:30PM in House conference room 308.
2019-03-29 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
2019-04-05 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2165) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
2019-04-09 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
2019-04-11 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 781). introduction
2019-04-11 Senate disagrees with House amendments.
2019-04-11 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 893).
2019-04-15 House Conferees Appointed: Mizuno, B. Kobayashi Co-Chairs; Ward.
2019-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 809).
2019-04-18 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 918).
2019-04-22 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-19 3:00PM in conference room 229.
2019-04-23 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-19 9:30AM in conference room 229.
2019-04-24 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-19 9:30AM in conference room 229.
2019-04-25 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-19 9:30AM in conference room 229.
2019-04-26 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, English, J.Keohokalole, Ruderman, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
2019-04-26 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, B. Kobayashi, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
2019-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 142).
2019-04-26 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
2019-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 142) as amended in (CD 1).