| SB461 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires persons registering to vote to acknowledge that voter fraud is a class C felony punishable by a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment not exceeding five years, or both. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-20
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB2145 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the deadlines for filing nomination papers, nominations, and notification to the chief election officer with respect to a vacancy in the state senate. Effective 7/1/2035. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-20
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB2771 | Engross
Sine Die | Augments the Commissioner of Financial Institutions ability to adapt chapter 454M, Hawaii Revised Statutes, requirements as reasonably necessary to use in NMLS. Authorizes the commissioner to enter into consent orders, and to issue cease and desist o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-15
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| SB1129 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a medical aid in dying act that establishes a regulatory process under which an adult resident of the State with a medically confirmed terminal disease may obtain a prescription for medication to be self-administered to end the patient's ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-05
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB1221 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to DBEDT in each of fiscal years 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 to address the FDA's industry guidance on the use of color additives in sea salt products. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Economic Development & Business Committee |
| SB975 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a misdemeanor offense for unauthorized sale or purchase of a disability parking permit. Clarifies law enforcement authority to confiscate altered, invalid, or unauthorized disability parking permits. (SB975 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB739 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies the scope of practice of behavior analysis. Clarifies who may provide behavior analysis and applied behavior analysis services regardless of licensure status, including licensed individuals working within an overlapping scope of practice, i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB954 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes various updates to title 24, Hawaii Revised Statutes, including: requiring health care providers to continue providing services during a health insurer insolvency; moving the short-term health insurance preexisting disclosure requirement to a m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB891 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the income withholding requirements to impose a fine against any employer who discharges from employment, refuses to employ, or takes disciplinary action against any noncustodial parent subject to income withholding, or who fails to comply wit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB534 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the executive office on aging to establish the kupuna caregivers program, subject to available funds, to assist community members in obtaining care for elders while remaining in the workforce. Makes establishment of the kupuna care program m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB21 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases monetary penalties for violating the laws relating to child care facilities. Authorizes the Department of Human Services to refer to the Attorney General or respective county police department any intentional, knowing, or reckless violation...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB261 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits smoking in a motor vehicle in which a person under the age of eighteen is present. Requires the department of health to report on the enforceability of this Act and coordination of related data collection activities of the respective law en...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Transportation Committee |
| SB510 | Engross
Sine Die | Formally establishes the Hawaii Keiki: Healthy and Ready to Learn program and special fund within the Department of Education. Appropriates funds for positions and a vision screening and eye assessment tool, and to implement, expand, and sustain the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB401 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows advanced practice registered nurses with a psychiatric specialization to offer care and services to patients in assisted community treatment programs similar to care and services offered by physicians and other health care service providers. A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB147 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeals Section 325-15, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which requires United States citizens or nationals to submit a medical examination report to the Department of Health within sixty days of returning to the State under certain conditions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB964 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that emergency shelters may provide partitioned space for homeless persons or families based upon Department of Human Services (DHS) guidelines. Extends by one year, the emergency shelter compliance requirements per Act 234, Session Laws of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB453 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for one ambulance unit each for the County of Kauai and the County of Hawaii, including equipment, supplies, and personnel costs. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB27 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services (DHS) to restore basic adult dental benefits to Medicaid enrollees. Requires DHS to obtain the maximum federal matching funds available for this expenditure. (SB27 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB422 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires a finding that denial of reasonable grandparent visitation rights would cause significant harm to the child as a condition of awarding grandparent visitation rights. Clarifies procedures for an order awarding reasonable grandparent visitatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB373 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies that acute care hospitals are covered under the clean claims statute, section 431:13-108, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB530 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to support the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program on Oahu by establishing one full-time equivalent (1.00 FTE) permanent program specialist IV position for the City and County of Honolulu and for contracted services through the Office...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB748 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Human Services to post its inspection records of child care facilities that involve substantiated complaints on a public website and submit an annual report to the legislature of certain information from inspection records ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB971 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeals the Emergency Medical Services Special Fund and deposits moneys from the fund's revenue sources into the general fund, and appropriates an equivalent amount of general funds for the Department of Health. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB500 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the R.E.A.C.H (Resources for Enrichment, Athletics, Culture, and Health) Program in the Department of Education (DOE) to provide a standardized framework and funding for after-school programs in public middle and intermediate schools. Req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB2 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Auditor, with the assistance of the Department of Human Services, to conduct a study to assess the impact of using Medicaid funds to provide coverage for the treatment for homelessness. Requires the Auditor to submit a report to the Legi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB343 | Engross
Sine Die | Expands the required qualifications that applicants may fulfill as part of the requirements for dental licensure to include passage of any other nationally recognized clinical dental examination recommended by the American Dental Association and dent...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB308 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing an annual inflationary adjustment in the methodology used to reimburse facilities for the long-term care of Medicaid recipients beginning with fiscal year 2017-2018. Appropriates funds to provide an inflationary adjustment to long-term care...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB371 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the composition of the Board of Dental Examiners to add an additional dental hygienist member and specify that two hygienist members shall reside in the City and County of Honolulu and one shall reside in the County of Hawaii, Maui, or Kauai. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB503 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires health insurance coverage for case management services by qualified mental health providers for victims of sexual violence and abuse. Takes effect on 6/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB519 | Engross
Sine Die | Specifies that citizen complaints against a police officer that involve allegations of domestic violence against a family or household member on the part of the police officer shall not be required to be in writing or sworn to by the complainant. (SB...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB533 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the Aging and Disability Resource Center. (SB533 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB399 | Engross
Sine Die | Ties the authorized benefit for acupuncture treatments allowed under personal injury protection benefits provided through motor vehicle insurance to the workers' compensation supplemental medical fee schedule. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| SB223 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes a naturopathic physician to prescribe testosterone consistent with naturopathic medical practice. Clarifies that narcotic drugs shall not be included within the naturopathic formulary. (SB223 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB344 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies the allowable and prohibited practices requirements for dental assistants. Clarifies that rules shall not infringe upon, overlap with, or conflict with the duties and scope of practice for other licensed professionals. Prohibits persons fro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB778 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes an appropriation to implement the recommendations of the joint fact finding study group's report on pesticide use by large agribusinesses on Kauai. Effective 3/9/2092. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB301 | Engross
Sine Die | Mandates implementation of recommendations made by the office of the auditor to the department of health regarding advance disposal fee glass containers and glass recycling. Requires the department of health to report on its implementation of the rec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB970 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends exemption from civil service for medical marijuana dispensary program staff in the Department of Health hired after July 1, 2015, to June 30, 2020. Takes effect 6/29/2017. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB380 | Engross
Sine Die | Permits licensed dental hygienists in the State to operate under general, rather than direct, supervision of a licensed dentist.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB285 | Engross
Sine Die | Continues the nursing facility sustainability program for two years. Appropriates funds out of the nursing facility sustainability program special fund for fiscal years 2017-2018 and 2018-2019. (SB285 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB403 | Engross
Sine Die | Ensures certain benefits under the federal Affordable Care Act are preserved under Hawaii law, including: preserving the individual health insurance mandate for taxpayers; preserving the premium tax credit for individuals and families with low or mod...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB536 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes an appropriation to the Department of Health for the full-time equivalent fall prevention and early detection coordinator position established by Act 153, Session Laws of Hawaii 2014. (SB536 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB145 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies provisions regarding examinations of defendants' fitness to proceed in the prosecution. Authorizes the department of health and department of public safety to enter into an agreement concerning the transfer of detainees in a community corre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB1312 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the board of midwifery to regulate the practice of midwifery by certified midwives and certified professional midwives. Requires licensing of certified midwives and certified professional midwives to commence beginning on July 1, 2020. Re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB720 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes an appropriation for the concussion monitoring and educational program for school athletics, concussion and awareness program for youth athletic activities, and administration of a concussion and awareness program for youth athletics. (SB720 HD...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB397 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends the Hospital Sustainability Program for two years. Appropriates funds out of the Hospital Sustainability Program Special Fund for fiscal years 2017-2018 and 2018-2019. (SB397 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB347 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for establishing, staffing, and operating two mobile clinics to serve the homeless population. (SB347 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB404 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires sellers of electronic smoking devices or eliquid to obtain a retail tobacco permit or dealer or wholesale license. Increases the license fee for wholesalers or dealers and the retail tobacco permit fee. Applies the cigarette and tobacco prod...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB560 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii to translate the Hawaii State Constitution into the Hawaiian language. (SB560 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To House Finance Committee |
| SB1084 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the appointment process of certain members of the Hawaii Tourism Authority's (Authority) Board of Directors (Board). Clarifies the Authority's reporting and disclosure of specific information. Requires the Board to develop policies and procedu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To House Finance Committee |
| SB1147 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the strategic plan developed by the Hawaii Interagency Council for Transit-oriented Development to require that every development or redevelopment plan for any state property within one-half mile of the Honolulu rail transit system evaluate ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To House Water & Land Committee |
