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HB914 - Relating To Health.
May Besario Mizuno, Terez Amato, Elle Cochran
Last updated over 1 year ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Repeals existing law that requires the Department of Health to conduct unannounced visits and inspections, including inspections for relicensing or recertification, of state-licensed special treatment facilities. Requires the Department of Health to prioritize investigations of complaints against state-licensed or state-certified care facilities based on the degree of severity of the allegations. Clarifies that any person, corporation, or any other entity that provides health care or human services is prohibited from knowingly referring or transferring patients to an uncertified or unlicensed care facility. Repeals existing law providing that a landlord shall not be deemed to be providing home care services or operating a care facility that requires a license under specified conditions. Effective 6/30/2050. (SD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1203 - Relating To Taxation.
Scot Z. Matayoshi, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated over 1 year ago
30 Co-Sponsors
Establishes an employer child care tax credit for employers who provide or sponsor approved child care. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB951 - Relating To Housing.
Scott K. Saiki, Micah Pookela Kim Aiu, Terez Amato
Last updated over 1 year ago
41 Co-Sponsors
Deposits funds into the Rental Housing Revolving Fund to be used to provide grants or loans to mixed-income rental projects or units qualifying individuals and families. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1779 - Relating To The University Of Hawaii.
Amy A. Perruso, Terez Amato, Cory M. Chun
Last updated 9 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Establishes a three-year summer tuition pilot program to provide funding to UH community colleges to offset the costs aligning the resident tuition rates for the summer semester with the resident tuition rates for the spring and fall semesters at the community colleges. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1798 - Relating To Minimum Wage.
Jeanne Kapela, Terez Amato, Ernesto M. Ganaden
Last updated 10 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Beginning September 30, 2028, requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to annually calculate an adjusted minimum wage rate to within the nearest twenty-five cents using the Urban Hawaii Consumer Price index to take effect on January 1 of the following year.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1797 - Relating To Student Transportation.
Jeanne Kapela, Terez Amato, Elle Cochran
Last updated 10 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to strengthen student transportation services for Hawaii's public school system.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1787 - Relating To Beach Protection And Coastal Access.
Amy A. Perruso, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated 10 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Amends the beach protection policy of the coastal zone management program to recognize that unauthorized structures, materials, armoring, or hardening structures, including seawalls and revetments, sandbags, geotextile fabrics, and sand burritos, placed in the shoreline are a nuisance per se. Strengthens state and county abatement and cost recovery authority of, and allows citizen suits for, this type of nuisance.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1832 - Relating To Hiring.
Scott K. Saiki, Micah Pookela Kim Aiu, Terez Amato
Last updated 5 months ago
44 Co-Sponsors
Authorizes a state department, division, or agency, rather than the Department of Human Resources Development, to conduct a minimum qualification review of applicants for vacant positions within the department, division, or agency. Requires the Department of Human Resources Development to provide state departments, divisions, and agencies the applications received for vacancies under certain circumstances. (CD1)
STATUS
Passed
HB1785 - Relating To Unemployment Benefits.
Amy A. Perruso, Terez Amato, Ernesto M. Ganaden
Last updated 10 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Allows striking workers to be eligible for unemployment benefits.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1836 - Relating To Health.
Scott K. Saiki, Micah Pookela Kim Aiu, David A. Alcos
Last updated 5 months ago
50 Co-Sponsors
Allows registered pharmacists during declared states of emergency to refill prescriptions for persons directly impacted by the emergency for up to a thirty-day supply if the practitioner is unavailable or cannot be contacted to authorize the refill and if, in the pharmacist's professional judgment, failure to refill the prescription might interrupt the patient's ongoing care and have a significant adverse effect on the patient's well-being. (CD1)
STATUS
Passed
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Representative from Hawaii district HD-046
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