Requires all health insurers in the State, including medicaid managed care programs, to cover dental and vision treatment.
Short form bill relating to health.
Requires the Office of Enterprise Technology to develop multilingual accessibility standards. Appropriates funds to establish one full-time position to develop multilingual accessibility standards within the Office of Enterprise Technology Services. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded.
Short form bill relating to home births.
Increases the monthly needs allowance from $50 to $75. Clarifies that the needs allowance is not intended to replace or affect funds received from the federal supplemental security income program. Requires the Department of Human Services to perform an annual review of the needs allowance. Appropriates funds.
Requires and appropriates moneys for the Department of Transportation to re-establish and operate the Ellison Onizuka Space Center. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.
Requires the State Council on Developmental Disabilities to submit a report to the Legislature that focuses on the health disparities experienced by persons in the State with developmental or intellectual disabilities. Appropriates funds.
Short form bill relating to homelessness.
Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2022 to specify that the appropriation for Hawaiʻi housing finance and development corporation (BED160) is to be deposited into and expended from the affordable homeownership revolving fund for purposes of the revolving fund.
Encourages the employees' retirement system, in evaluating venture capital investments, to consider opportunities in industries that will sustain Hawaiʻi's natural environment or produce economic opportunities for its residents, including renewable energy businesses and businesses that use the investment capital to acquire the infrastructure and services needed to become energy sustainable. If the employees' retirement system board of trustees determines that it is not prudent to invest in any Hawaiʻi venture capital meeting this description, requires the board to report the rationale for the decision in its annual report to the legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
