Specifies the rights of public school students to refrain from participating in reciting the pledge of allegiance.
Requires teachers and principals training to include suicide prevention. Allows the training to be conducted through self-review.
Establishes a student exchange program compact between the University of Northern Philippines or Ilocos Sur Community College, or both, and the University of Hawaii school of travel industry management. Requires reports to the Legislature.
Reduces the requisite state of mind for the criminal offense of desecration from "intentionally" to "knowingly". Simplifies the definition of "desecrate".
Requires adult family boarding homes and private homes that provide healthcare to the elderly or disabled to be licensed by the Department of Health. Establishes fines for operating an adult residential care home, adult family boarding home or private home that provides healthcare to elderly or disabled individuals who are unrelated to the caregiver family by blood, marriage, or adoption, or hospice home without a license.
Requires and funds the Office of Veterans' Services to establish a Filipino Veterans Legacy Exhibit at the Honolulu International Airport.
Requires DOH, in collaboration with DHS and DHRD, to develop a single, unified action plan to reduce the incidence of diabetes in the State and report to the legislature biennially on plan revisions, recommendations for legislative action, and updated information on areas of need, costs, and resources required for continued implementation of the plan.
Directs the Department of Health, in collaboration with the Judiciary, to create and maintain a directory of reintegration programs and services for incarcerated or formerly incarcerated individuals with an emphasis on culturally based programs and services for Native Hawaiians.
Appropriates funds to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu for the Honolulu Family Justice Center. Requires the City and County of Honolulu to provide matching funds on a 1:1 basis.
Requires the auditor to contract with an independent auditor to conduct a comprehensive financial and management audit of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation. Appropriates funds.
