HB 1431 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO ORAL HEALTH.

Summary

Establishes an Oral Health Task Force to review the status of oral health in the State and make recommendations to improve the State's oral health infrastructure. Establishes temporary full-time equivalent program specialist V positions. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2025 Last action Mar 6, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB1431_HD1 → HB1431_HD2 · 5 edits

MODERATE

This bill establishes an Oral Health Task Force within the Department of Health to assess Hawaii's oral health needs and develop a strategic plan. The task force will include 21 members representing various state agencies, community organizations, and professional associations. The bill appropriates funds for a consultant to support the task force and creates a new full-time position to manage oral health program operations.

Scope change

The bill expands the Department of Health's oral health program by creating a formal task force structure and adding a dedicated staff position to coordinate oral health services across all counties, not just Honolulu.

REQUIREMENT

Establishes an Oral Health Task Force with 21 specific members representing state agencies, counties, professional associations, and community advocates

Creates a new full-time equivalent program specialist position to manage oral health program operations and serve as liaison between agencies

Requires task force to develop an oral health strategic blueprint with goals, objectives, and specific actions to improve statewide oral health equity

FISCAL

Appropriates funds for a consultant to facilitate the task force work and for the new program specialist position

TIMELINE

Sets task force reporting deadlines with an interim report due before 2026 session and final report due before 2028 session, with task force ceasing to exist on June 30, 2028

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to HHS, WAM.

upper

Mar 6, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 373).

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Lee, M., Alcos, Ward.

lower

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 793) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Chun, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to HLT, FIN, referral sheet 4

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors