Rep. Dee Morikawa

Primary HB 604

Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO LANDSCAPING.

Requires the department of agriculture, in consultation with the department of health, to create and maintain a list of plants and landscaping-related structures or equipment that are known to be preferred habitats for mosquito breeding and prohibits use of these elements in public landscaping. Exempts routinely maintained botanical gardens. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Passed Jan 17, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 156

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO REIMBURSEMENT OF PHARMACISTS.

Requires insurers, mutual and fraternal benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to recognize services provided by pharmacists.

In committee Jan 17, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 432

Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO THE ELDERLY.

Makes financial exploitation of an elder by a caregiver a class A felony. Defines "caregiver", "elder", and "financial exploitation". Effective 7/1/2075. (SD1)

Passed Jan 17, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 610

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE OFFICE OF THE LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM.

Appropriates funds for the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program to support the program on Oahu and for contracted services in the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui. (HB610 HD1)

In committee Jan 17, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 47

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

Short form bill relating to human services.

In committee Jan 17, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 887

Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO UNFUNDED LIABILITIES.

Establishes the Rate Stabilization Reserve Fund within the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund to help subsidize the costs of providing health and other benefit plans for active employees and retirees and their beneficiaries. Caps employer contributions to the OPEB trust fund, which are made to prefund the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the EUTF, when the separate accounts for each public employer within the OPEB trust fund have a combined balance of at least $2,000,000,000. If OPEB trust fund balance is at least $2,000,000,000 then public employer annual contributions of $300,000,000 shall be paid to the Employees' Retirement System to pay down ERS unfunded liabilities. Provides for the use of a portion of transient accommodations tax revenues to supplement deficient county public employer contribution amounts. (HB887 HD1)

Passed Jan 17, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 616

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services to create one full-time program specialist position within the Adult Protective and Community Services Branch to oversee the foster grandparent program and senior companion programs in Maui county. (HB616 HD1)

In committee Jan 17, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 45

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

Short form bill relating to human services.

In committee Jan 17, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 1210

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO OBESITY PREVENTION.

Establishes a fee on sugar-sweetened beverages. Establishes an obesity and chronic disease prevention special fund, Hawaii obesity and chronic disease prevention trust fund, and Hawaii interagency obesity prevention council to support obesity prevention programs. Appropriates funds to the obesity and chronic disease prevention special fund.

In committee Jan 17, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 695

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES.

Requires each licensed home and community-based case management agency to report to the Department on all referrals that were made by the agency, and to note in its report if any referral fee was paid to the agency, and the amount received for the referral. Requires the Department of Health to annually publish and revise a list of all licensed home and community-based case management agencies, including all information regarding referrals made to the agency and the amount paid to the agency for the referral, if any.

In committee Jan 17, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track