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HB559 - Relating To Coffee Labeling.
Jeanne Kapela, Terez Amato, Elle Cochran
Last updated almost 2 years ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Expands the coffee labeling and advertising requirements to include ready-to-drink coffee beverages and inner packages and inner wrapping labels. Requires disclosure on the label of coffee blends of the respective geographic and regional origins and per cent by weight of the blended coffees. Prohibits use of the term "All Hawaiian" in labeling or advertising for roasted coffee or instant coffee not produced entirely from green coffee beans grown and processed in Hawaii.
STATUS
Introduced
HB776 - Relating To Mental Health.
May Besario Mizuno
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Establishes provisional or associate level licensure requirements for marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, and psychologists. Authorizes insurance reimbursements for associate family therapists, associate mental health counselors, associate psychologists, and supervised social work interns, in certain circumstances. Allows psychologist license applicants to sit for the licensing examination before completing other requirements.
STATUS
Introduced
HB659 - Relating To Health.
Della au Belatti, Terez Amato, Cedric Asuega Gates
Last updated almost 2 years ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Establishes permitting and education requirements for pharmacists performing certain diagnostic tests or tests waived pursuant to the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA). Expands the definition of "practice of pharmacy" to include the ordering and collection of specimens for certain diagnostic-related or CLIA-waived tests. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
STATUS
Introduced
HB445 - Relating To Child Support.
May Besario Mizuno
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requires the departments of the attorney general and human services to convene a working group to examine issues related to allowing child support payments to pass through to recipients of temporary assistance for needy families program funds and submit a joint report to the 2025 legislature. Dissolves the working group on 6/30/2025. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
STATUS
Introduced
HB916 - Relating To Social Services.
May Besario Mizuno, Terez Amato, Ernesto M. Ganaden
Last updated almost 2 years ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Increases the monthly needs allowance from $50 to an unspecified amount. Clarifies that the needs allowance is not intended to replace or affect funds received from the federal supplemental security income program. Requires certain long-term care facility operators to pay for generic toiletries, linens, and meals and snacks. Requires the department of human services to perform an annual review of the needs allowance. Appropriate funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Introduced
HB313 - Relating To Agriculture.
Cedric Asuega Gates, Natalia Hussey-Burdick, Darius K. Kila
Last updated over 1 year ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Establishes and appropriates funds for the Foreign Agriculture Small Equipment Pilot Program at a University of Hawaii community college, to be administered by the Department of Agriculture in collaboration with the University of Hawaii. Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for the Pilot Program. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD2)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB661 - Relating To Loan Repayment For Health Care Professionals.
Della au Belatti, Terez Amato, Ernesto M. Ganaden
Last updated almost 2 years ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates funds for the loan repayment program for health care professionals; provided that the funds are matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis by funds from a private or another public source. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Introduced
HB792 - Relating To Minors.
May Besario Mizuno
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Grants a circuit court, when sentencing a minor for a criminal offense or adult convicted of a felony criminal offense that was committed before reaching the age of majority, the discretion to impose a sentence that includes a period of incarceration that is as much as fifty per cent shorter than any mandatory minimum and, in certain cases, decline to impose a mandatory enhanced sentence. (HD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB958 - Relating To Construction Waste.
Natalia Hussey-Burdick, Terez Amato, Cedric Asuega Gates
Last updated almost 2 years ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Requires recycling of construction and demolition materials and use of recycled materials to factor into priority offeror selections for competitive procurements of construction or demolition services by the State or any county. Requires the State Building Codes to incorporate the International Green Construction Code and set specified targets for the recycling, reuse, donation, and resale of nonhazardous construction waste.
STATUS
Introduced
HB664 - Relating To Health.
Della au Belatti, Terez Amato, Natalia Hussey-Burdick
Last updated almost 2 years ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Authorizes physician assistants to sign orders for respiratory therapy and plans of care. Expands the class of health care providers under whom respiratory therapists may practice respiratory care to include physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Hawaii district HD-029
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Hawaii House
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Hawaii House from Hawaii
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