Authorizes the Hawaii Health Authority to continue planning for the adoption of a universal, publicly-administered health-care-for-all insurance model with a single payout agency. Establishes a rate stabilization reserve fund for the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund. Transfers funds from the other post-employment benefits trust fund to the rate stabilization reserve fund. Makes appropriations.
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Provides a tuition waiver from the University of Hawaii and its associated community colleges for the surviving spouse and dependent children of a fire fighter who dies in the line of duty or who is permanently and totally disabled as a direct result of a traumatic injury sustained in the line of duty.
Authorizes any board that is subject to public agency meetings law to hold a closed meeting to consider statements and information obtained from witnesses or victims during the course of any investigation into the hire, evaluation, dismissal, or discipline of an officer or employee or of charges brought against the officer or employee, where consideration of matters affecting a witness' or victim's privacy will be involved. Effective 7/1/2112. (HD2)
Adds the Department of the Attorney General to the list of agencies that are authorized to conduct criminal history record checks on current or prospective employees or contractors who have access to federal tax information.
Establishes a task force in the department of taxation to discuss the need to rebalance and repurpose the tax programs created by the general excise tax, income tax, and property tax laws.
Amends Chapter 801K, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to provide clarification and flexibility in eyewitness identification procedures.
Broadens the scope of the Conference Center Revolving Fund for the University of Hawaii at Hilo.
Authorizes the governor and the mayors to establish lesser petty misdemeanor offenses and violations during emergency periods, including non-criminal infractions; and establishes a more expeditious system for the processing of these infractions to reduce the burden on the court system.
Repeals the school impact fee exemptions for nonresidential development and housing subject to the transient accommodations tax when seeking development in a designated school impact district requiring county subdivision approval, county building permit, or condominium property regime approval of the project.
Amends or repeals various provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes or the Session Laws of Hawaii for the purposes of correcting errors and references, clarifying language, or deleting obsolete or unnecessary provisions.