Bills Pending Hawaii Senate Health and Human Services Committee

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HISB102Intro
25%
Exempts services provided by a hospital, infirmary, medical clinic, health care facility, pharmacy, or licensed medical practitioner from the general excise tax.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1210Intro
25%
Increases the refundable food/excise tax credit. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/22.
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2023-12-11
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HISB61Intro
25%
Creates a new category of professional licensure for associate physicians, which are recent medical school graduates who have passed certain medical exams but have not been placed into a residency program and who work under the supervision of a licen...
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2023-12-11
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HISB144Intro
25%
Establishes the compacts of Free Association Census Task Force within the Department of Human Services to conduct a census of COFA residents in Hawaii.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1245Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Health to establish or contract with behavioral health crisis centers to provide intervention and stabilization services in each county for persons experiencing mental health or substance use disorder crises. Appropriates m...
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2023-12-11
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HISB1595Intro
25%
Adopts the Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship, and Other Protective Arrangements Act. Repeals the superseded Uniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Act.
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2023-12-11
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HISB912Intro
25%
Establishes that the exemption from mandatory reporting by members of the clergy does not apply when the clergy member believes that there exists a substantial risk that child abuse or neglect that is especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel, manifest...
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2023-12-11
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HISB1394Intro
25%
Amends section 329-40, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to require the medical director of a methadone treatment program to conduct a medical evaluation that offers testing for Hepatitis C exposure and infection. Requires that a methadone treatment program h...
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2023-12-11
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HISB889Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Human Services to designate a new category of services composed of adult day care and adult day health care for the purposes of Medicaid reimbursement; establish Medicaid per diem reimbursement rates for providers of adult ...
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2023-12-11
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HISB324Intro
25%
Requires persons who offer, operate, manage, or administer health care cost-sharing arrangements to make certain disclosures to the Insurance Commissioner. Establishes penalties for persons that fail to comply with the disclosure requirements. Requir...
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2023-12-11
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HISB949Intro
25%
Requires that any secure psychiatric rehabilitation program operated or contracted for by the Department of Health must be a forensic facility.
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2023-12-11
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HISB152Intro
25%
Authorizes prescriptions made by chiropractors for physical therapy and therapeutic massage treatment to qualify as a motor vehicle insurance personal injury protection benefit. Replaces the existing cap on the number of chiropractic treatment visits...
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2023-12-11
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HISB953Intro
25%
Requires psychologists licensed in the State to complete at least four hours of continuing education per licensing biennium on topics relating to cultural diversity, cultural competence, sexual orientation, gender identity, or health equity. Requires...
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2023-12-11
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HISB208Intro
25%
Repeals section 328J-11.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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2023-12-11
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HISB543Intro
25%
Relating To Health. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1221Intro
25%
Requires the department of education to offer training for teachers, educational officers, and school-based behavioral health specialists on sex trafficking prevention and response.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1503Intro
25%
Prohibits certain boards from taking adverse action against individuals possessing or applying for a license to practice medicine and surgery or nursing for providing abortion care services or gender affirming treatments in the State in compliance wi...
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2023-12-11
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HISB60Intro
25%
Authorizes state-licensed and credentialed physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, and physician assistants, who are not physically in the State, to issue prescriptions for certain controlled substances under a limited circumstance. Authoriz...
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2023-12-11
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HISB1216Intro
25%
Establishes the sexual exploitation of minors steering committee to investigate issues related to sexually exploited minors. Requires interim and final reports to the Legislature. Appropriates moneys.
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2023-12-11
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HISB714Intro
25%
Establishes the fetal alcohol spectrum disorders special fund, to be administered by the department of human services, and which shall consist of federal funds and interest earned on those funds. Establishes a temporary fetal alcohol spectrum disorde...
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2023-12-11
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HISB17Intro
25%
Requires the Hawaii Medical Board to establish standards for health care providers to ensure that a patient's consent to treatment is an informed consent. Requires that informed consent for a proposed medical or surgical treatment or a diagnostic or ...
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2023-12-11
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HISB1047Intro
25%
Makes permanent the existing exemption for birth attendants to continue to practice without a license, under certain conditions. Expands qualifications for licensure to include the North American Registry of Midwives portfolio evaluation process.
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2023-12-11
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HISB30Intro
25%
Specifies that any minor who resides in the same household as a victim of domestic abuse may file a petition for an order of protection or temporary restraining order.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1118Intro
25%
Reduces and eliminates the general excise tax for the sale of groceries that are eligible under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children over a four-year period. Reduces ...
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2023-12-11
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HISB955Intro
25%
Authorizes licensed osteopathic physicians and physician assistants, in addition to physicians and advance practice registered nurses, to provide minor-initiated medical care and services. Requires the licensed health care provider to ensure that the...
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2023-12-11
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HISB1393Intro
25%
Amends section 329-40, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), to allow the medical director of a methadone treatment program to dispense the maximum days of supply of take-home doses as allowed under federal law to a patient.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1419Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to the Executive Office on Aging within the Department of Health for the Hawaii Healthy Aging Partnership.
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2023-12-11
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HISB670Intro
25%
Allows the Governor to enter the State into the multi-state Nurse Licensure Compact, which will allow a nurse who is licensed by a home state to practice under a multi-state licensure privilege in each party state.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1367Intro
25%
Amends Act 130, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, clarifies access to services, provides a definition of homeless youth; expands the age of youth that may be served; establishes two full-time equivalent positions; and makes an appropriation.
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2023-12-11
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HISB901Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Health to post on its website separate reports for various visits, violations, plans, and confirmations the Department performs or issues of certain care facilities. Establishes deadlines for each report type. Requires the ...
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2023-12-11
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HISB651Intro
25%
Amends the definition of "hemp product" to exclude delta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol. Prohibits the sale of food products and hemp products that contain delta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol. Allows the sale of food products infused with cannabinoid, hemp extract,...
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2023-12-11
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HISB399Intro
25%
Expands the original jurisdiction of family court to include proceedings for declaration of emancipation of minors. Expands the circumstances under which a minor shall be deemed to be emancipated to include minors on active duty with the Armed Forces...
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2023-12-11
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HISB713Intro
25%
Establishes a task force to review policy issues and opportunities relating to the navigation, access, and coverage of medicaid services by individuals with autism or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and make a recommendation on whether a waiver or ot...
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2023-12-11
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HISB1435Intro
25%
Appropriate funds to the Department of Health for the purchase of one advanced life support ambulance and related equipment to be based in Central Maui, and to fund pay-related personnel costs for state-certified emergency medical services personnel.
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2023-12-11
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HISB892Intro
25%
Requires health insurance coverage for various sexual and reproductive health care services.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1359Intro
25%
Permits commercial enterprise vocational programs for young adults within the purview of the Office of Youth Services to market and sell goods and services that develop job readiness skills that lead to self-sufficiency. Establishes the Office of You...
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2023-12-11
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HISB761Intro
25%
Beginning July 1, 2024, provides a general excise tax exemption for medical services performed by health care providers.
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2023-12-11
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HISB754Intro
25%
Requires the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to partner with a nonprofit organization in the Kau District in the County of Hawaii to conduct a needs assessment to determine the demand for and access to urgent care and outpatient behavioral health s...
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2023-12-11
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HISB168Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Health to post on its website an easily understandable, searchable, and sortable list of all state-licensed care facilities including information on their licenses and inspections. Requires that the list be updated within f...
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2023-12-11
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HISB694Intro
25%
Makes financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult by a caregiver a Class A felony.
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2023-12-11
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HISB95Intro
25%
Requires certain amounts of child support moneys collected by the Department of Human Services for public assistance of a child to pass through to the family receiving public assistance. Requires the Department of Human Services to disregard passed-t...
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2023-12-11
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HISB984Intro
25%
Establishes an exemption from mediation in paternity proceedings where there are allegations of domestic abuse if the party alleging domestic abuse does not wish to participate. Prohibits a mediator from engaging in mediation where there are allegati...
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2023-12-11
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HIHB450Engross
50%
Requires the department of human services, when determining income eligibility for child care subsidies, to consider special circumstances, such as the retroactive payment of workers' compensation or temporary disability insurance benefits, that caus...
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2023-12-11
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HISB1329Intro
25%
Updates definitions related to the education and training requirements of psychologists; amends the screening process for applicants educated at a foreign institution.
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2023-12-11
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HISB928Intro
25%
Establishes an Emergency Response Vehicle Noise Task Force to determine the impact of emergency response vehicle sirens in terms of excessive noise, the effect on public safety, and the relative effectiveness of the use of emergency lights instead of...
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2023-12-11
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HISB1126Intro
25%
Amends the income tax credit for expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment by increasing the taxpayer's applicable percentage of employment-related expenses and dollar limit on amounts creditable that constit...
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2023-12-11
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HISB1177Intro
25%
Allows dogs in restaurants at the restaurant owner's or manager's discretion, provided that certain conditions are met.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1053Intro
25%
Establishes a general excise tax exemption for the gross proceeds or income from the sale of groceries that are eligible under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, r...
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2023-12-11
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HISB1362Intro
25%
Authorizes the Department of Human Services to conduct comprehensive background checks on current and prospective employees, volunteers, and contractors and contractor's employees and volunteers, in positions that require them to be in close proximit...
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2023-12-11
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HISB1364Intro
25%
Restores the second deputy director position for the Department of Human Services; authorizes a private secretary position for the second deputy; appropriate funds.
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2023-12-11
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