Hawaii SB1041 mandates health care facilities to disclose services they refuse to provide for nonmedical reasons, enhancing patient transparency and.

Hawaii SB1041, known as the Patients' Right to Know Act, requires health care facilities to disclose upfront the medical services they refuse to provide for nonmedical reasons. The Department of Health must develop a service availability form for covered entities, including hospitals and clinics, to complete and submit. These forms will detail services unavailable at the facility and be published on the department's website. Facilities must provide patients with the current form during the informed consent process and maintain records of this disclosure.

Hawaii SB1041 mandates health care facilities to disclose services they refuse to provide for nonmedical reasons, enhancing patient transparency and.

Hawaii SB1041, known as the Patients' Right to Know Act, requires health care facilities to disclose upfront the medical services they refuse to provide for nonmedical reasons. The Department of Health must develop a service availability form for covered entities, including hospitals and clinics, to complete and submit. These forms will detail services unavailable at the facility and be published on the department's website. Facilities must provide patients with the current form during the informed consent process and maintain records of this disclosure.