| HI | SB2322 | Engross
50% | Requires the Department of Health to continue water sampling and analysis of Tier 1 beaches during brown water advisories, with certain exceptions and under certain conditions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 4:25 PM; CR 329. |
| HI | HB1831 | Engross
50% | Establishes the Behavioral Health Crisis Center Pilot Program. Authorizes the Department of Health to establish or contract with behavioral health crisis centers in each county. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds for the pilot pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 4:40 PM; CR 329. |
| HI | SB2461 | Engross
50% | Specifically authorizes a medical cannabis dispensary to purchase cannabis and manufactured cannabis products from another dispensary. Requires the Department of Health to adopt rules regarding medical cannabis products within a certain time. Effecti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 4:45PM in conference room 325. |
| HI | SB2289 | Engross
50% | Requires the Department of Health to include in its annual report regarding Kalaupapa Settlement details and updated information, as available, regarding the permanent transfer to other qualified governmental or qualified nongovernmental entities of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Poepoe, Chun, Ichiyama; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Tarnas, Souza. |
| HI | SB2401 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to each county as a grant-in-aid, subject to a county match, for the implementation of feral chicken control programs. Appropriates funds to the Department of Health for a feeding of feral animals education campaign. Effective 7/1/...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-26-24 4:30PM; Conference Room 329. |
| HI | HB2144 | Engross
50% | Requires the Department of Health to amend the definition of "homemade food products" in its administrative rules on food safety and adopt certain rules regarding the sale and delivery of homemade food products. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-24 |
| HI | SB2837 | Engross
50% | Temporarily authorizes the Oahu regional health care system to oversee the operations and management agreement of the proposed state veterans home on Maui. Establishes a timeline and process for the permanent oversight of the operations and managemen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 3:10PM; Conference Room 329. |
| HI | SB3123 | Engross
50% | Authorizes the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to access vital records for purposes of verifying Native Hawaiian ancestry for beneficiary programs. Requires the Department of Health and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to enter into a Memorand...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-01-24. |
| HI | SB3139 | Engross
50% | Establishes a Crisis Intervention and Diversion Services Program within the Department of Health to expand existing services to divert those with mental health issues to appropriate health care services. Requires the Department of Law Enforcement to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 3:10PM; Conference Room 329. |
| HI | SB3290 | Engross
50% | Requires the Disability and Communication Access Board to convene a working group to study the state of American Sign Language interpretation services in Hawaii. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Marten, Nishimoto, Amato, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HI | HB2743 | Engross
50% | Requires the University of Hawaii Water Resources Research Center and the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program to develop an overlay with the Hawaii Cesspool Prioritization Tool to identify specific priority areas in which the county sewer ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Ichiyama, Poepoe, M. Mizuno, Nakamura; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward. |
| HI | SB3128 | Engross
50% | Extends the transfer of the Oahu Regional Health Care System (Oahu Region) from the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to the Department of Health to 12/31/2026. Requires the working group established by Act 212, SLH 2021, to submit a report to the Le...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 3:10PM; Conference Room 329. |
| HI | HB2435 | Engross
50% | Authorizes the Director of Health to permit synchronous online access to apply for marriage and civil union licenses in lieu of in-person applications, as specified in rules adopted by the Department of Health. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-24 |
| HI | HB2453 | Engross
50% | Authorizes the Governor, or a state official with authorization from the Governor, to transfer federal capitalization grant funds between the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund and the Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Loan Fund, in accordance w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Lee, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HI | HB2577 | Enroll
75% | Authorizes the Department of Health to require the Department of Education to report coronavirus disease 2019 potential outbreaks or other public health emergencies and related information in a manner most appropriate to public health and safety, as ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 782). |
| HI | HB2444 | Enroll
75% | Authorizes the Department of Health to conduct criminal history record checks of applicants for permits to operate as a hemp processor. Sunsets 7/1/2027. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 772). |
| HI | SB3126 | Engross
50% | Establishes an Emergency Aeromedical Services Partnership Program to be administered by the Department of Health in counties with a population less than 500,000. Requires cost-sharing for program operations and maintenance and revenue sharing between...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 694). |
| HI | SB3142 | Engross
50% | Authorizes the Governor or a state official with authorization from the Governor to transfer federal capitalization grant funds between the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund and the Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Loan Fund, in accordance wit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 694). |
| HI | SB1594 | Engross
50% | Establishes an expanded crisis intervention and diversion activities program within the department of health to expand existing activities to divert those with mental health issues to appropriate health care services. Defines "crisis center" and "cri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17
House Conferees Appointed: Takenouchi, Nishimoto Co-Chairs; Garrett, Lamosao, Garcia. |
| HI | HB2253 | Engross
50% | Authorizes the Department of Health to require all restaurants and hotel establishments to maintain an inventory of an opioid antagonist. Expressly permits law enforcement officers to carry an opioid antagonist while on-duty. Requires funds for the p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17
House Conferees Appointed: Takenouchi, Tarnas, Kitagawa Co-Chairs; Takayama, Tam, Garcia. |
| HI | HB1772 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to support the Department of Health's Senior Fall Prevention Campaign. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 20242025. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 738). |
| HI | HB1486 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Health for the Kupuna Care Program within the Executive Office on Aging. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | HB1396 | Engross
50% | Part I: Establishes and appropriates funds for a county cesspool pilot program in the Department of Health to work with each county to identify a priority area to expand the county sewage system or other centralized treatment system to connect indivi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | HB1296 | Engross
50% | Establishes an Early Intervention Services Working Group within the Department of Health to study and recommend ways to assist and support deaf and hard of hearing children, including implementation strategies. Requires a report to the Legislature. A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | SB1351 | Engross
50% | Establishes the infant and early childhood mental health program within the department of health to provide and coordinate mental health services for children from birth up to age five. Appropriates funds for the establishment of the program, includi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | SB1492 | Engross
50% | Requires the department of health to track and publicly report certain data relating to crisis reports, emergency mental health transports, and court-ordered treatments. Requires the department of health to respond to reports about persons having sev...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | SB106 | Engross
50% | Authorizes the Department of Health to require the Department of Education to report coronavirus disease 2019 potential outbreaks or other public health emergencies and related information in a manner most appropriate to public health and safety, as ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | HB406 | Engross
50% | Requires the Department of Health and Oahu Regional Health Care System to develop a strategic plan for the utilization of all Oahu Regional Health Care System facilities and report to the Legislature before the Regular Session of 2024. Extends the de...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | HB2556 | Engross
50% | Clarifies the sources of funding for the Hawaii ABLE Saving Program Trust Fund. Authorizes the Director of Finance to expend all moneys in the trust fund to fulfill the purposes of the Hawaii ABLE Savings Program, including providing incentive paymen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB2544 | Engross
50% | Establishes within the Department of Health a 2-year pilot project to charter flights from rural islands to an urban island to provide rural island residents with reliable transportation to medical care on urban islands. Appropriates funds. Declares ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB3335 | Engross
50% | Establishes the Hawaii Cannabis and Hemp Authority and Cannabis and Hemp Control Board within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to regulate all aspects of the cannabis plant. Beginning 1/1/2026, legalizes the personal adult use of canna...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2309 | Engross
50% | Establishes a Homeless Triage Center Program within the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division of the Department of Health. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Appropriates funds. Takes effect 12/31/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB1839 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Health for long-term monitoring of air quality for certain communities impacted by the August 2023 Maui wildfire, as well as support for research efforts to better understand the environmental concerns linked t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB1946 | Engross
50% | Establishes a three-year pilot program in the Department of Health for hiring process improvement. Requires a report to the Legislature. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation. Takes effect 7/1/2491. (S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB1688 | Engross
50% | Requires the Department of Health to conduct a statewide needs assessment and establish an advisory council to determine what would be needed to transition to a more circular system with less waste generation, more reuse, and an extended producer res...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB1941 | Engross
50% | Makes an emergency appropriation from the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Special Fund to the Department of Health to implement quality improvement measures recommended in the 2024 consultant report for the Hawaii State Hospital. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB1989 | Engross
50% | Authorizes and decriminalizes the sale of raw milk, raw milk products, and raw milk dairy products directly from producers to consumers for human consumption, subject to certain restrictions. Authorizes the direct sale of raw goat milk for pet consum...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | HB2454 | Engross
50% | Makes an emergency appropriation for asbestos remediation; the temporarily relocation of Department of Health offices if necessary; and preliminary planning for the redevelopment of the Kinau Hale site. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB408 | Engross
50% | Authorizes the Department of Health to, in its discretion, certify community care foster family homes for a fourth adult who is a Medicaid recipient and has documented housing instability, if certain conditions are met. Requires the Department of Hea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB2992 | Engross
50% | Beginning 7/1/2024, and every ten years thereafter, requires the Department of Health to convene an Advisory Committee on Mental Health Code Review. Requires reports to the Legislature after each convening of the Advisory Committee. Effective 7/1/300...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | SB2072 | Engross
50% | Authorizes the Department of Health to require the Department of Education to report coronavirus disease 2019 potential outbreaks or other public health emergencies and related information in a manner most appropriate to public health and safety, as ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB2682 | Engross
50% | Beginning 1/1/2025, requires physicians to perform or order lead screening tests for minor patients at certain intervals as recommended by the Department of Health and make an entry of the lead screening test in the minor patient's record. Requires t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | SB2106 | Engross
50% | Establishes the Access to Local Value-Added Products Act to allow homemade food operations to sell homemade food products, under certain conditions, upon registering with the Department of Health. Takes effect 7/1/2040. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To House Agriculture Committee |
| HI | HB1591 | Engross
50% | Establishes a regulatory framework for microenterprise home kitchens. Authorizes the Department of Health to adopt rules regarding microenterprise home kitchens; grant and revoke permits; issue food safety manager certificates; charge fees; and condu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | HB1782 | Engross
50% | Makes a conforming amendment to allow the Department of Health, or its designee, to conduct criminal history record checks on applicants for hemp processor permits. Sunsets 7/1/2027. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | HB2217 | Engross
50% | Requires the Departments of Health, Human Services, and Education to research and make recommendations on any rules, policies, and amendments to the Medicaid State Plan or Medicaid 1915(c) Waiver that are necessary to ensure provision of clinically a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | SB3141 | Engross
50% | Requires the Department of Health to track and publicly report certain data relating to crisis reports, emergency mental health transports, and court-ordered treatments. Requires the Department of Health to respond to reports about persons having sev...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To House Health Committee |
| HI | SB3137 | Engross
50% | Clarifies and updates the responsibilities of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division of the Department of Health to reflect the current mental health systems of care to address the mental health needs of children and adolescents in the State...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To House Health Committee |
| HI | SB3138 | Engross
50% | Clarifies that the definition of "manufactured hemp product" in section 328G-1, HRS, includes hemp products specified in rules adopted by the Department of Health pursuant to section 328G-4, HRS. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To House Agriculture Committee |
| HI | SB3133 | Engross
50% | Authorizes the Department of Health to conduct fingerprinting and criminal history record checks on applicants who apply for a permit to operate as a hemp processor. Takes effect 12/31/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
