Provides that a county shall not impose an exaction or inclusionary zoning requirement on a housing development offered exclusively for sale to buyers earning less than 140 percent of the area median income. Repeals this prohibition in five years. (HB2016 HD1)
Establishes the In Vitro Fertilization Insurance Coverage Study Group to examine health insurance policies and current statutes and to make policy recommendations to the Legislature prior to the convening of the 2019 legislative session. (HB2524 HD1)
Requires electronic tracking of certain patients who are allowed outside a psychiatric facility. (HB2087 HD1)
Establishes the Emergency Department Homelessness Assessment Pilot Program to identify a possible correlation between multidisciplinary team interventions and the use of hospital emergency departments by individuals experiencing homelessness and makes an appropriation. (HB1761 HD1)
Establishes the Prevent Suicide Hawaii Taskforce under the Department of Health to develop annual recommendations to the Legislature to reduce suicide. (HB2278 HD1)
Creates and appropriates funds for Erin's Law Task Force to review policies, programs, and curricula for educating public school students about sexual abuse and sex trafficking prevention, and report recommendations for the establishment of a program to educate public school children on sexual abuse prevention through age appropriate curricula. (HB2155 HD1)
Regulates broadband internet service providers to ensure a free and open Internet. Establishes a task force to examine the costs and benefits of creating a state-owned public utility company to provide broadband internet service. (HB1995 HD1)
Allows advanced practice registered nurses, physicians, dentists, psychologists, pharmacists, and social workers to receive tax credits for acting as preceptors in volunteer-based supervised clinical training rotations provided to eligible students that enable the students to obtain an eligible healthcare professional degree or certificate. Establishes the Preceptor Credit Assurance Committee to issue certificates to volunteer preceptors upon verifying that the volunteer preceptors meet the requirements of the tax credit. (HB1967 HD2)
Establishes and appropriates funds to the Statewide Rat Lungworm Disease Working Group for research and education for the prevention, treatment, and eradication of rat lungworm disease. Requires a report to the Legislature prior to the Regular Session of 2019. (HB2506 HD1)
Establishes and appropriates funds for a Regional Nutrient Cycling Pilot Program on Maui. Requires DOA to report on the efficacy of the pilot program. (HB2102 HD2)
