Amends Act 162, SLH 2022, to extend the sunset date for the early lung cancer screening task force and extend the date for the task force to submit reports to the legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Requires the department of education to establish rules for the procurement of goods and services related to the administration of food programs at public schools that incorporate a geographic preference for unprocessed locally grown and locally raised food products. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Establishes the criminal offense of unlawful shipment of tobacco products. Amends the definition of "tobacco products" under the Cigarette Tax and Tobacco Tax Law to include electronic smoking devices and e-liquids. Increases the license fee for persons engaged as wholesalers or dealers of cigarettes and tobacco products and the retail tobacco permit fee for retailers engaged in the retail sale of cigarettes and tobacco products. Repeals state laws that establish and govern the Electronic Smoking Device Retailer Registration Unit within the Department of the Attorney General; provisions of the Cigarette Tax and Tobacco Tax Law that govern delivery sales; and state law governing smoking that preempts and voids local ordinances and regulations conflicting with state law. Effective January 1, 2024.
Provides scholarships for the unmet direct cost needs of qualified students at any four-year University of Hawaiʻi campus who meet certain eligibility criteria. Makes an appropriation for the Hawaiʻi promise program. Effective 6/30/3000.
Requires the department of health to conduct a feasibility study for the establishment of an outpatient mental health facility for children and adolescents living in the Ocean View region of Hawaiʻi island, including in the communities of Ocean View, Milolii, Naalehu, and Pahala.
Amends the dispensary program licensing fee structure. Adds or clarifies signage, manufactured cannabis product, packaging, escort, and background check requirements for the medical cannabis dispensary program. Establishes annual reporting requirements to increase public transparency regarding the medical cannabis registry program. Makes various housekeeping amendments.
Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to develop a program to provide grants to match funds for hotel employees to buy hotels and establish employee-owned hotel cooperatives. Appropriates moneys.
Defines "incidental and supplemental work" for purposes of specialty contractors under the contractors law.
Authorizes naturopathic physicians to provide written certifications to qualified patients for the medical use of cannabis.
Appropriates funds and establishes one Pacific youth programs coordinator position within the Department of Human Services Office of Youth Services. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
