Amends section 87A-23, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to exclude medicare reimbursement by the State and counties for the spouses of retired employees hired after June 30, 2023.
Requires the Office of the Lieutenant Governor to establish a ballot-tracking system that allows all voters to receive alerts regarding the mailing, receipt, and counting of their ballots returned by mail. Requires the counties to immediately notify the Office of the Lieutenant Governor upon mailing and receipt of absentee ballots by mail. Appropriates funds to the counties.
Specifies that 0.5 per cent, rather than one per cent, of state fund appropriations for capital improvements shall be transferred into the Works of Art Special Fund. Limits the 0.5 per cent amount to appropriations designated for the construction of new state buildings, properties, or facilities.
Establishes the criminal offense of unlawful shipment of tobacco products. Includes electronic smoking devices and e-liquids within the definition of "tobacco products", as used in the Cigarette Tax and Tobacco Tax Law. Increases the license fee for persons engaged as wholesalers or dealers of cigarettes and tobacco products. Increases the retail tobacco permit fee for retailers engaged in the retail sale of cigarettes and tobacco products. Repeals certain provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to electronic smoking devices and the sale of tobacco products. Effective July 1, 2023; provided that section 4 shall take effect on July 1, 2024, and section 5 shall take effect on December 1, 2024.
Appropriates funds to the Executive Office on Aging for an Alzheimer's disease and related dementias public health campaign.
Amends section 266-19.5(d), Hawaii Revised Statutes, for the purpose of increasing the total contract value and total aggregate value of capital advancement contracts entered into by the Department of Transportation for harbor improvements and adds reporting requirements for the department.
Establishes provisions relating to civil remedies for discriminatory reporting to a law enforcement officer. Provides that a person who summons or reports to a law enforcement officer, without reason to suspect a crime, offense, or imminent danger has occurred or is occurring, because of that person's belief or perception involving a member of a protected class shall be civilly liable.
Enables the board of trustees of the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund to establish appropriate salaries for the administrator and chief investment officer of the trust fund.
Allows for temporary permits to be issued to registered nurses and licensed practical nurses, and revises the exemptions for license.
Clarify the group of professionals who are prohibited from knowingly referring or transferring patients to an uncertified or unlicensed care facility, and repeal the landlord exclusion.
