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HISR64Intro
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Urging The Department Of Health To Ensure The Safe Management Of Ash From Waste Incineration Facilities.
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2024-03-25
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HISCR77Intro
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Urging The Department Of Health To Ensure The Safe Management Of Ash From Waste Incineration Facilities.
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2024-03-25
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HISR7Intro
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Requesting The Department Of Health's State Health Planning And Development Agency To Convene A Health Data Sharing Working Group To Accelerate And Expand The Sharing Of Real Time Health Information Among Health Care Entities And Government Agencies ...
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2024-03-22
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HISR28Intro
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Requesting The Department Of Human Services To Convene A Baby Bonds Working Group.
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2024-03-22
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HISCR137Intro
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Requesting That A Task Force Be Convened To Develop A Norwegian-based Public Facility Model Designated To Ensure The Well-being And Safety Of Dementia Patients.
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2024-03-22
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HISR118Intro
25%
Requesting That A Task Force Be Convened To Develop A Norwegian-based Public Facility Model Designated To Ensure The Well-being And Safety Of Dementia Patients.
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2024-03-22
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HISCR15Intro
25%
Requesting The Department Of Health's State Health Planning And Development Agency To Convene A Health Data Sharing Working Group To Accelerate And Expand The Sharing Of Real Time Health Information Among Health Care Entities And Government Agencies ...
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2024-03-22
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HISCR39Intro
25%
Requesting The Department Of Human Services To Convene A Baby Bonds Working Group.
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2024-03-22
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HISR93Intro
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Designating The Koolau Kupuna Council As An Advisory Resource To The Elected Members Of The Hawaii State Legislature Representing The Koolau Community.
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2024-03-14
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HISCR190Intro
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Requesting The Department Of Health To Prohibit Discriminatory Practices Denying A Person With A Disability Full And Equal Enjoyment Of Information Related To Their Services, Facilities, Privileges, Advantages, Or Accommodations Using Information Tec...
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2024-03-14
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HISR143Intro
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Requesting The Auditor To Conduct A Program Audit Of The State's Child Protective Services System.
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2024-03-14
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HISCR118Intro
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Requesting The Department Of Health To Convene A Health Care Facilities Labor Standards Working Group To Research, Assess, And Make Recommendations On The Best Practices In Labor Standards That Can Be Implemented At Hospitals, Care Homes, And Dialysi...
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2024-03-14
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HISR162Intro
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Requesting The Department Of Health To Prohibit Discriminatory Practices Denying A Person With A Disability Full And Equal Enjoyment Of Information Related To Their Services, Facilities, Privileges, Advantages, Or Accommodations Using Information Tec...
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2024-03-14
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HISR101Intro
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Requesting The Department Of Health To Convene A Health Care Facilities Labor Standards Working Group To Research, Assess, And Make Recommendations On The Best Practices In Labor Standards That Can Be Implemented At Hospitals, Care Homes, And Dialysi...
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2024-03-14
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HISCR179Intro
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Adopting The Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship, And Other Protective Arrangements Act.
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2024-03-14
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HISCR169Intro
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Requesting The Auditor To Conduct A Program Audit Of The State's Child Protective Services System.
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2024-03-14
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HISCR136Intro
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Requesting The Department Of Health To Establish A Housing Equity And Wellness Task Force.
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2024-03-14
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HISR117Intro
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Requesting The Department Of Health To Establish A Housing Equity And Wellness Task Force.
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2024-03-14
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HISR141Intro
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Urging The Department Of Health And Encouraging The County Of Maui, United States Army Corps Of Engineers, And Federal Emergency Management Agency To Take Certain Measures To Ensure The Safest Possible Management Of Ash And Debris From The August 202...
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2024-03-14
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HISCR111Intro
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Designating The Koolau Kupuna Council As An Advisory Resource To The Elected Members Of The Hawaii State Legislature Representing The Koolau Community.
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2024-03-14
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HISCR167Intro
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Urging The Department Of Health And Encouraging The County Of Maui, United States Army Corps Of Engineers, And Federal Emergency Management Agency To Take Certain Measures To Ensure The Safest Possible Management Of Ash And Debris From The August 202...
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2024-03-14
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HISCR18Intro
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Urging The Department Of Health To Conduct A Study To Evaluate Hawaii Residents' Engagement With Addictive Online Activities.
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2024-03-01
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HISR10Intro
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Urging The Department Of Health To Conduct A Study To Evaluate Hawaii Residents' Engagement With Addictive Online Activities.
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2024-03-01
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HISCR21Intro
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Requesting The University Of Hawaii Economic Research Organization To Conduct A Study Of Ways To Increase Access To Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits.
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2024-03-01
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HISR13Intro
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Requesting The University Of Hawaii Economic Research Organization To Conduct A Study Of Ways To Increase Access To Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits.
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2024-03-01
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HISB545Intro
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Amends the definition of "community care foster family home" to allow one additional Medicaid individual to be cared for in the same community care foster family home. Requires a report to the Legislature. (SD1)
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2024-02-15
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HISB3341Intro
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Establishes the Upcycled Mobile Dishwashing System Pilot Program within the Department of Health. Requires a report to the Legislature. Establishes two full-time positions within the Department of Health. Declares the general fund expenditure ceiling...
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2024-02-14
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HISB2324Intro
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Requires the State to share in the cost of county first responder personnel fulfilling state-imposed new mandates or increases in the level of service under existing programs.
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2024-02-13
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HISB2135Intro
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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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2024-02-12
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HISB2661Intro
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Establishes the Homeless Employment Grant Program, a three-year pilot program, that provides homeless individuals with work opportunities and connects them with service providers. Requires the Department of Human Services to report to the Legislature...
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2024-02-12
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HISB2150Intro
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Requires the Department of Health to amend its shellfish sanitation administrative rules based on the United States Department of Agriculture's 2019 National Shellfish Sanitation Program model ordinance.
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2024-02-09
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HISB2117Intro
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Amends the definition of "preceptor" to include physician assistants, registered dietitians, and social workers. Amends the definition of "volunteer-based supervised clinical training rotation" to clarify that preceptors may be compensated for the pr...
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2024-02-02
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HISB2458Intro
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Allows the primary caregiver to be absent from the community care foster family home; provided that the substitute caregiver is present during the absence.
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2024-01-31
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HISB3252Intro
25%
Amends the Hawaii State Constitution to prohibit the State from denying or interfering with an individual's reproductive freedom, including the right to choose or obtain an abortion or to choose to obtain or use contraceptives.
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2024-01-29
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HISB3224Intro
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Beginning on 7/1/2024, requires that the state supplemental payment for type 1 adult residential care homes, licensed developmental disabilities domiciliary homes, community care foster family homes, and certified adult foster homes not exceed $767. ...
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2024-01-29
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HISB3330Intro
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Establishes a candor process through which patients and their families, health care providers, and health care facilities can engage in open communication about how an adverse care health incident occurred, how it will be prevented in the future, and...
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2024-01-29
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HISB3253Intro
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Appropriates funds to provide additional support and resources to families receiving benefits through the State's adoption assistance and permanency assistance programs.
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2024-01-29
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HISB3201Intro
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Establishes the multifamily housing accessibility modifications grant program to facilitate the installation of accessibility modifications in certain properties. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund exp...
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2024-01-29
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HISB3278Intro
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Amends state laws governing medical use of cannabis and the medical cannabis dispensary system.
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2024-01-29
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HISB3369Intro
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Allows 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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2024-01-29
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HISB2049Intro
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Establishes a five-year pilot program to allow qualified psychologists limited authority to prescribe psychotropic medications to patients under the care of the psychologist at a federally qualified health center. Requires a report to the Legislature...
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2024-01-29
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HISB3251Intro
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Requires the Department of Human Services to establish a Medicaid buy-in program for workers with disabilities.
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2024-01-29
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HISB2918Intro
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Appropriates the function of the State Health Planning and Developmental Agency with the Department of Health. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Establishes positions.
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2024-01-29
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HISB3263Intro
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Establishes the Hawaii Home Energy Assistance Program within the Department of Human Services to assist qualifying households in paying their energy bills. Establishes the Hawaii Home Energy Assistance Special Fund. Declares that the general fund exp...
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2024-01-29
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HISB3286Intro
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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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2024-01-29
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HISB3284Intro
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Specifies some of the measures the Director of Health may take in response to emergency circumstances affecting the availability of safe drinking water or the discovery of contamination in a public water source.
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2024-01-29
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HISB3254Intro
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Appropriates funds to increase the funding for medicaid in-home services, conditioned on the Department of Human Services obtaining the maximum federal matching funds and pursuing all other funding sources.
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2024-01-29
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HISB2371Intro
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Establishes the PFAS Testing Grant Program within the Department of Health to provide funding to assist communities, businesses, and residents throughout the State in obtaining testing services and biological sampling to identify and detect perfluoro...
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2024-01-29
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HISB3292Intro
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Beginning 7/1/2024, increases the cigarette tax rate and amends the disposition of the cigarette tax revenues by increasing the amount allocated to the Hawaii Cancer Research Special Fund.
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2024-01-29
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HISB3318Intro
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Requires the Department of Health, for all eligible participants in the District Court Jail Diversion Program, to conduct an initial screening for possible serious mental illness; a mental health assessment for all eligible participants indicated as ...
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2024-01-29
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