Report Title:

Relating to external review panels.

Description:

Authorizes the payment of a fee of $400 to each physician member of an external review panel.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

654

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO EXTERNAL REVIEW PANELS.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 432E-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:

"(d) Members of the review panel shall be granted immunity from liability and damages relating to their duties under this section. The physician member of a review panel shall be paid a fee of $400 for participation on each panel that the physician serves on. Both payment of the fee and selection of the review panel members shall be exempt from chapter 103D."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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BY REQUEST