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HIHB1976Engross
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Requires the Office of Elections to annually request funding for the Statewide Elections Accessibility Needs Advisory Committee. Appropriates funds to the Office of Elections Statewide Elections Accessibility Needs Advisory Committee to gather inform...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HIHB1977Engross
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Establishes state policy to promote braille literacy for blind students. Requires the individualized education programs of eligible blind students to include the instruction of Braille and provision of Braille instructional materials under certain ci...
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2024-03-07
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB610Engross
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Recognizes American Sign Language as a fully developed, autonomous, natural language with its own grammar, syntax, vocabulary, and cultural heritage.
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HISB612Engross
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Requires that a written disclaimer be provided by sellers or providers of emotional support animals or certificates or identification tags for emotional support animals that the animal is not a service animal or the item does not qualify as an item f...
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HISB609Engross
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Requires health insurance policies and contracts issued on or after 01/01/2024 to provide coverage for the cost of hearing aids at a minimum of an unspecified amount per hearing aid for each hearing-impaired ear every thirty-six months. Effective 12/...
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2023-12-11
To House Health Committee
HISB606Engross
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Exempts from the general excise tax, gross receipts received by a hospital, infirmary, medical clinic, health care facility, pharmacy, or a practitioner licensed to administer drugs to an individual, from the sale of hearing aids. Effective 12/31/205...
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2023-12-11
To House Health Committee
HISB608Engross
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Requires pharmacies to provide accessible prescription drug label information to individuals who have difficulty seeing or reading standard printed prescription drug container labels and inform the public that prescription drug label information is a...
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2023-12-11
To House Health Committee
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