Hawaii State Legislature
2005 Legislative Session

SB1809

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Measure Title: RELATING TO MEDICAL TREATMENT DECISIONS.
Report Title: Starvation and Dehydration; Persons with Disabilities Prevention
Description: Creates a presumption that those incapable of making health care decisions would wish to get food and fluids so long as their provision is medically possible, would not itself hasten death, and can be digested or absorbed so as to sustain life.
Package: None
Companion:
Introducer(s): SAKAMOTO, Hemmings
Current Referral:HTH, JHW

Date Status Text
1/27/2005SIntroduced.
1/31/2005SPassed First Reading.
2/2/2005SReferred to HTH, JHW.

$ = Appropriation measure
ConAm = Constitutional Amendment