Establishes the short-time compensation program to allow employees to receive reduced compensation when employers reduce work hours in lieu of layoffs.
Appropriates funds for unemployment insurance specialist and unemployment insurance assistant positions within the department of labor and industrial relations to prepare and support the unemployment insurance modernization project. Appropriates funds to upgrade and modernize the unemployment insurance system. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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)
Amends the definition of "emergency worker" in the Penal Code to include communications dispatchers.
Requires the department of land and natural resources to identify all state and county roads, landmarks, monuments, and public parks that use the name Diamond Head and identify the process for renaming these roads, landmarks, and public parks from Diamond Head to Leahi. Requires a report to the legislature.
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.
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)
Requires each public employer to pay for the employer's employees' professional license renewal fees. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Establishes a five-year pilot program in the department of health to expand existing county programs that make one or more mental health professionals available to assist county first responders in responding to mental health crises in areas in the urban core with high rates of homelessness. Requires a report to the legislature. Appropriates funds.
