Hawaii Bill Aims To Make It Easier To Do Dialysis At Home 1 The bill is being pushed by a multinational company from Illinois that wants to sell products in Hawaii more cheaply.
A legislative proposal to change in a little-known provision of Hawaii’s health care regulations could make it cheaper and easier to import products used for in-home dialysis treatment.
Baxter International, an Illinois-based multi-billion dollar medical device company that sells blood-cleaning solutions for peritoneal dialysis, approached Sen. Maile Shimabukuro to introduce the bill. She co-sponsored the measure, Senate Bill 473, along with Sens. Stanley Chang and Lorraine Inouye.
Shimabukuro said she thought the bill was a good idea because she knows many of her constituents in West Oahu struggle to drive or get rides to and from dialysis clinics. She thinks increasing access to in-home dialysis would help them avoid the commutes.
Her own relatives rely on dialysis and she says it constantly interferes with their lives.
