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.
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.
Beginning January 1, 2024, increases the tip credit to be twenty per cent of the minimum wage.
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)
Establishes the Red Hill water contamination health impacts program within the Department of Health to track the long-term impacts of the 2021 petroleum release from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility. Appropriates moneys.
Authorizes the department of education to stock bronchodilators for emergency use during respiratory distress and authorize department employees to volunteer to administer bronchodilators. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
Requires state participation in the multistate Nurse Licensure Compact, which will allow a nurse who is licensed by a home state to practice under a multistate licensure privilege in each party state.
