Establishes an entrepreneurship grant program within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to assist entrepreneurs with new businesses.
A bill establishing a task force to examine the state policy for the regulation and licensing of occupations. Preliminary report to the 2024 legislature, final report and proposed legislation to the 2025 legislature.
Creates an office of Native Hawaiian health within the department of health. Appropriates funds.
Appropriation for staffing, commissioner inter-island travel, and other related operating expenses associated with the small business regulatory review board under the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism.
Updating the Individual Housing Account (IHA) statutes to more accurately reflect the current cost of housing down-payments.
Requires leases used in the conveyance of available lands as defined by section 203 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, as amended, to conform to the requirements for securitization by federally insured lending programs.
Mandatory mental health screening for arrested persons who are houseless. Supportive services provided by social worker or psychiatrist, doing the evaluation.
Requires the school facilities authority to, to the greatest extent possible, renovate, improve, and expand existing public school facilities and classrooms to increase pre-kindergarten student capacity, including while expending funds appropriated for fiscal year 2023. Requires the authority to submit a report to the legislature.
Requires the department of education to offer training for teachers, educational officers, and school-based behavioral health specialists on sex trafficking prevention and response.
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 Hawaii island, including in the communities of Ocean View, Milolii, Naalehu, and Pahala.
