Converts the emergency management specialist series positions at level IV and higher in the Hawaiʻi emergency management agency from civil service status to exempt status. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Requires the department of accounting and general services to establish and operate a child care center pilot program for eligible children of state employees, one in or near the state capitol and one in Kapolei. Appropriates funds. Repeals on 6/30/2028. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Reduces and eliminates the general excise tax for the sale of groceries that are eligible under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children over a four-year period. Reduces and eliminates the general excise tax for the sale of nonprescription drugs, medical supplies, and durable medical equipment over a four-year period.
Expands the list of acceptable institutions or organizations that can approve the continuing education courses needed by naturopathic physicians for license renewal.
Restores the second deputy director position for the Department of Human Services; authorizes a private secretary position for the second deputy; appropriate funds.
Repeals section 353-6.2, Hawaiʻi Revised Statues, enacted as part of Act 179, Session Laws of Hawaiʻi 2019, to delete the requirement for the Department of Public Safety to reassess pretrial detainees on a regular basis for reconsideration of pretrial release.
Requires the department of health to provide respite care, paid for by the State, to operators of certain care homes.
Repeals chapter 440J, HRS, relating to telecommunications and cable industry information reporting requirements for broadband service providers. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
Allows for temporary permits to be issued to registered nurses and licensed practical nurses, and revises the exemptions for license.
Establishes a criminal justice data sharing working group to make recommendations for a statewide criminal justice data repository. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
