Establishes an income tax credit for the cost of upgrading or converting a qualified cesspool to a director of health-approved wastewater system or connecting to a sewerage system. Requires certain information regarding cesspools on real property to be included in seller mandatory disclosures on real property transactions. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Clarifies that the appointment and removal of the chief executive officer of the Hawaiʻi health systems corporation requires a majority vote by the voting members of the corporation board, rather than by the entire membership of the board.
Prohibits a covered entity from disclosing communication or information relating to reproductive health care services. Prohibits the issuance of a subpoena in connection with an out-of-state proceeding relating to reproductive health care services legally performed in the State. Prohibits agencies from providing information or expending resources in the furtherance of interstate investigations or proceedings relating to reproductive health care services. Prohibits the State from penalizing, prosecuting, or otherwise taking adverse action based on pregnancy outcomes or aiding or assisting a pregnant individual with accessing reproductive health care services. Requires the governor to deny any demand for surrender of a person charged with a crime involving reproductive health care services unless the conduct constitutes a crime in the State. Enumerates laws contrary to public policy and prohibits their application as rules of decision in the courts. Prohibits the issuance of a summons for persons to testify in another state with regard to lawful reproductive health care services. Clarifies under various licensing statutes that the provision or assistance in receipt or provision of medical, surgical, pharmaceutical, counseling, or referral services related to the human reproductive system cannot form a basis for disciplinary action. Prohibits the enforcement of a judgment or order arising from a foreign penal civil action or other penal law with respect to reproductive health care services.
Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Honoka‘a Land Company, LLC, with acquiring, developing, and renovating agricultural facilities. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Appropriates funds to increase medicaid payments to eligible health care providers in the State up to one hundred per cent of the current medicare rates. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Appropriates grant funding to the YMCA of Honolulu for its Youth Wellness Program for Mental Health to address the statewide declining mental health outcomes of youths related to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Requires the department of human services to develop a preschool child care worker subsidy pilot program to assist in retaining qualified child care workers in licensed child care facilities for preschool children aged two through five. Sunsets 6/30/2026. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Raises the minimum age requirement to enter into marriage from sixteen to eighteen years of age. Removes the parental consent and written approval by the family court requirements for a minor to marry. Removes spousal cohabitation after the parties attain legal age as an exception for an annulment based on nonage. Makes conforming amendments.
Changes the total amount of motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credits allowed per year from $50,000,000 to an unspecified amount. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Appropriates funds for the loan repayment program for health care professionals; provided that the funds are matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis by funds from a private or another public source. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
