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House panel advances maternal health monitoring pilot after testimony from clinicians and tech vendors
Summary
The House Committee on Health voted to advance HB 1871 with amendments to create a two‑year maternal health monitoring pilot and clarified participant scope and reporting; testimony from clinicians, March of Dimes and Philips emphasized remote monitoring’s potential to improve prenatal and postpartum care and reach rural patients.
The House Committee on Health moved HB 1871 forward as a house draft on Feb. 11, adopting amendments that set the pilot’s duration and shifted certain funding items to report language.
Committee leaders said the amendments include defining licensed Hawaii nurses and dietitians who may participate and setting a two‑year pilot end date. Chair’s procedural amendments also removed an explicit $600,000 appropriation and directed related funding language to the bill report.
Supporters told the committee the pilot could expand…
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