HB 816: HAWAII STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES PACKAGE; DOH; PARAMEDICS; BUPRENORPHINE; OPIOID OVERDOSE; PILOT PROGRAM; REPORT; APPROPRIATION
- Session Year: 2025-2026
- House: House
- Latest Version Date: 2026-03-20
Current Status:
In Progress
(2026-03-23: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.)
Introduced
In Committee
First Chamber
In Committee
Second Chamber
Final Decking
Enacted
Authorizes licensed paramedics in a county with a population of 100,000 or less to administer buprenorphine after administration of an opioid antagonist in cases of opioid overdoses, under certain conditions. Requires the Department of Health to implement a two-year phased pilot program beginning in one county with a population of 100,000 or less and authorizes expansion of the program statewide as additional treatment resources become available. Requires a report to the Legislature evaluating program outcomes. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 6/30/2028. (SD1)
Discussed in Hearing
4MINSenate Standing Committee on Health and Human Services
1MINSenate Standing Committee on Health and Human Services
47SECHouse Standing Committee on Finance
52SECHouse Standing Committee on Finance
5MINHouse Standing Committee on Health
5MIN