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HI SB 556

died on adjournment

RELATING TO RURAL EMERGENCY HOSPITALS.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did HI SB 556 pass?

No. HI SB 556 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-12-08): Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

What is HI SB 556 about?

Creates a framework for the licensure of rural emergency hospitals by the Department of Health. Provides for the continuation of Medicaid policy protections for hospitals transitioning to a rural emergency hospital designation.

Who sponsors HI SB 556?

HASHIMOTO, INOUYE, KIDANI and 5 others are the primary sponsors of HI SB 556, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Creates a framework for the licensure of rural emergency hospitals by the Department of Health. Provides for the continuation of Medicaid policy protections for hospitals transitioning to a rural emergency hospital designation.

Introduced
2025-01-17
Latest action
2025-12-08 — Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • HASHIMOTOprimary
  • INOUYEprimary
  • KIDANIprimary
  • MCKELVEYprimary
  • DECOITEprimary
  • AQUINOprimary
  • CHANGprimary
  • FEVELLAprimary
  • Gabbardcosponsor
  • San Buenaventuracosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  2. 2025-02-12

    The committee on HHS deferred the measure.

    deferral

  3. 2025-02-07

    The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-12-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  4. 2025-01-21

    Referred to HHS, CPN/WAM.

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-01-17

    Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  6. 2025-01-17

    Introduced.

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

  • Companion bill: HB 1179not in this corpus

Official source

https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=556&year=2026

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:20:09.051962Z

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