HRS §323-2
Hospital visitation and health care decision rights for reciprocal beneficiaries
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This law gives a reciprocal beneficiary the same rights as a spouse to visit a patient in the hospital and to make health care decisions for that patient. It applies only to people in a registered reciprocal beneficiary relationship.
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The statute, as written — Hospital visitation policy and extension of authority to reciprocal beneficiaries
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
A reciprocal beneficiary, as defined in chapter 572C, of a patient shall have the same rights as a spouse with respect to visitation and making health care decisions for the patient.
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