Bills Pending Hawaii Senate Health and Human Services Committee

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HISB144Intro
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Allows chiropractic students to engage in clinical practice as part of their college instruction if directly supervised by a licensed chiropractor.
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2025-01-17
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HISB212Intro
25%
Authorizes the Director of Health to grant an exemption from the requirement to upgrade, convert, or connect a cesspool if the State is unable to present evidence that the cesspool is affecting the State's drinking water supply or recreational waters...
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2025-01-17
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HISB191Intro
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Establishes the Hawaii low-income home energy assistance program within the Department of Human Services to assist low-income households in paying their energy bills. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to assess ratepayers a percentage fee to f...
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2025-01-17
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HISB193Intro
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Specifies that the penalty for sex trafficking shall be payment of a fine of no less than $50,000 but no more than $100,000, and a definite term of imprisonment of up to 20 years without the possibility of a suspended sentence, probation, or parole. ...
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2025-01-17
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HISB194Intro
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Establishes general excise tax exemptions for food, medical services, and feminine hygiene products.
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2025-01-17
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HISB213Intro
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Requires medically appropriate and reasonable life-saving and life-sustaining medical care and treatment for all infants born alive. Establishes civil and criminal penalties.
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2025-01-17
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HISB208Intro
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Requires the Department of Human Services to assess the feasibility of offering a 20% discount on certain goods and services for the State's low- to moderate-income elders.
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2025-01-17
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HISB228Intro
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Prohibits excited delirium from being recognized as a valid medical diagnosis or cause of death in the State. Prohibits a local health officer or local agent of the Department of Health from stating on a certificate of death or in any report that the...
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2025-01-17
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HISB189Intro
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Expands coverage of breast cancer screening and imaging to include an annual mammogram for a woman of any age having an above-average risk for breast cancer, risk factor screening for women 30 years of age and older, and additional supplemental imagi...
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2025-01-17
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HISB226Intro
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Establishes requirements for the clinical review criteria and clinical practical guidelines used to establish step therapy protocols. Provides a process for a patient to request an exception to using step therapy protocols. Establishes insurance cove...
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2025-01-17
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HISB160Intro
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Requires the Department of Health to construct a mental health facility for inmates or detainees with mental health needs in the custody of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Appropriates moneys.
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2025-01-17
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HISB200Intro
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Creates a statutory right of victims and witnesses of sexual offenses under part V of chapter 707, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to a speedy trial in criminal cases involving adult defendants. Requires the court and the prosecution to take appropriate act...
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2025-01-17
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HISB110Intro
25%
Defines "isolated wetlands" and "wetlands". Clarifies the definition of "state waters" to include wetlands and isolated wetlands. Requires the Director of Health to determine all wetlands in the State, including whether a wetland is an isolated wetla...
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2025-01-16
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HISB107Intro
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Requires the Hawaii Medical Board to establish standards for health care providers to ensure that a patient's consent to treatment is an informed consent. Requires that informed consent for a proposed medical or surgical treatment or a diagnostic or ...
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2025-01-16
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HISB32Intro
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Adopts the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact to regulate the practice of telepsychology and temporary in-person, face-to-face practice of psychology by psychologists across state boundaries in the performance of their psychological practice. Req...
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2025-01-16
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HISB49Intro
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Authorizes manufacturers of investigational drugs or biological products that are pending approval by the United States Food and Drug Administration to make the drugs or products available to terminally ill patients under certain conditions. Effectiv...
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2025-01-16
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HISB46Intro
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Requires all health insurers in the state, including Medicaid managed care programs, to cover annual mental health wellness examinations.
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2025-01-16
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HISB23Intro
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Removes discriminatory requirements for mandatory insurance coverage of in vitro fertilization procedures to create parity of coverage for same-sex couples, unmarried individuals, transgender persons, and opposite-sex couples for whom male infertilit...
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2025-01-16
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HISB81Intro
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Requires the Department of Human Services' Med-QUEST division to automatically transmit applicants' voter registration information to the Office of Elections and clerk of the county of the applicant's residence, subject to certain conditions. Authori...
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2025-01-16
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HISB53Intro
25%
Expands eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to include any individual or household whose monthly income is equal to or less than three hundred per cent of the federal poverty level. Appropriates funds.
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2025-01-16
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HISB58Intro
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Allows the Department of Human Services to administer and provide public assistance to eligible residents of the State during a Governor-Declared State of Emergency.
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2025-01-16
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HISB8Intro
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Allows an advance practice registered nurse to claim exemption from service as a juror.
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2025-01-16
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