Bill Text: HI SR188 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requesting The Department Of Health To Preserve Funding Programs For Lgbtq+ Health Care Services, Including The Hawaii Island Hiv/aids Foundation, And To Assist The Hawaii Island Hiv/aids Foundation In Applying For Funding To Maintain Its West Hawaii Operations Located In Kailua-kona.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-16 - Referred to HTH. [SR188 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2021-SR188-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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SENATE RESOLUTION
requesting the department of health to preserve funding programs for lgbtq+ health care services, including the hawaii island hiv/aids foundation, AND TO ASSIST THE HAWAII ISLAND HIV/AIDS FOUNDATION IN APPLYING FOR FUNDING TO MAINTAIN its west hawaii OPERATIONS located in KAILUA-KONA.
WHEREAS, the Hawai‘i Island HIV/AIDS Foundation (HIHAF) is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation that provides coordination of services to all persons on the island of Hawai‘i affected by HIV/AIDS through two offices located on the eastside and westside of the island; and
WHEREAS, the mission of HIHAF is to assist those affected by HIV/AIDS with maximizing their quality of life, ending the spread of HIV, and caring and advocating for others in the fight against related diseases; and
WHEREAS, a currently proposed sixty-four percent cut to HIHAF's budget will result in the closure of the HIHAF west Hawai‘i operation located in Kailua-Kona; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2021, that the Department of Health is requested to preserve funding for LGBTQ+ health care services, including the HIHAF, and to assist the HIHAF in applying for funding to maintain its west Hawai‘i operations located in Kailua-Kona; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Health.
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Department of Health; HIV/AIDS; Funding
