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Senate panels pass midwifery bill with DCCA changes; lawmakers say unpaid, invited birth attendants should not be criminalized
Summary
A joint meeting of the Hawaii Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection and the Senate Committee on Judiciary voted April 1 to pass House Bill 1194, HD2, SD1, a measure that updates licensing provisions for midwives and adopts specific changes proposed by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA).
A joint meeting of the Hawaii Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection and the Senate Committee on Judiciary voted April 1 to pass House Bill 1194, HD2, SD1, a measure that updates licensing provisions for midwives and adopts specific changes proposed by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA).
The committees adopted amendments that delete an exemption to licensing the committees identified in the DCCA submission and create new language limiting use of the title "midwife" and the practice of midwifery to those licensed under the chapter. The committees also deferred the bill's effective date to July 1, 2050.
Why it matters: HB1194 reshapes which attendants may legally practice midwifery in nonfacility births, clarifies a licensing exemption…
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