Bill Text: HI HB2515 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To The Department Of Health.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 46-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-06-27 - Act 121, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1222). [HB2515 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-HB2515-Amended.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 321, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part I to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§321- Testing
laboratory; diseases; air and water quality. (a)
The department shall:
(1) Establish and operate
a laboratory capable of:
(A) Testing
for diseases;
(B) Testing
for air and water quality issues; and
(C) Conducting
other high complexity testing; and
(2) Ensure that the
testing laboratory complies with all applicable standards enumerated in the
Clinical Laboratories Improvement Amendments of 1988, title 42 United States Code
section 263a.
(b) The department may obtain and expend federal moneys for the operation of the testing laboratory established pursuant to this section."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
DOH; Testing Laboratory; Diseases; Air Quality; Water Quality
Description:
Requires the Department of Health to establish and operate a laboratory capable of testing for diseases, testing for air and water quality issues, and conducting other high complexity testing. (SD2)
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