THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

936

THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021

S.D. 2

STATE OF HAWAII

H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  The purpose of this Act is to require:

     (1)  The department of health to disseminate information regarding seizure first aid; and

     (2)  Employers to post materials provided by the department of health to educate employees with respect to seizure first aid.

     SECTION 2.  Chapter 321, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§321-     Seizure first aid; information.  (a)  The department of health shall provide employers, employees, and the general public with information with respect to rendering seizure first aid.  The information shall be disseminated through exhibitions, broadcasts, lectures, posters, flyers, pamphlets, or any other method of disseminating information.

     (b)  All employers shall post information on seizure first aid provided by the department of health in a prominent position in the employer's workplace.

     (c)  The department of health shall adopt rules in accordance with chapter 91 to implement this section.

     (d)  For the purposes of this section, "seizure first aid" means procedures to respond, attend, and provide comfort and safety to a person suffering from a primary generalized tonic-clonic seizure or complex partial seizure.  The term does not include training to medically treat a person suffering a seizure."

     SECTION 3.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.



 

Report Title:

Seizure First Aid; Department of Health

 

Description:

Requires employers to provide employees access to seizure first aid information specified by the department of health.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (HD1)

 

 

 

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