Requires the department of agriculture to establish a two-year agricultural theft and vandalism pilot project to examine the effectiveness of prosecuting agricultural theft and agricultural vandalism in the county of Hawaii. Appropriates funds. (SD1)
Requires outsourcing facilities to obtain a permit from the Board of Pharmacy before providing medications to healthcare providers.
Repeals criminal penalties for possession of marijuana, but retains penalties for marijuana cultivation and distribution. Specifies that the crime of promoting a detrimental drug in the first degree includes the selling or bartering of more than one ounce of marijuana.
Appropriates funds to the department of health for the purchase of one twenty-four-hour, seven-days-a-week, ambulance unit for the county of Kauai and one twenty-four-hour, seven-days-a-week, ambulance unit for the county of Hawaii and operational costs for both units.
Authorizes health care providers under the state medicaid program to ask about supplemental nutrition assistance program (food stamp) participation on medicaid certification and re-certification forms.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services to restore basic adult dental benefits to Medicaid enrollees. Requires the Department of Human Services to obtain the maximum federal matching funds available for the expenditure. (HB843 HD1)
Amends definitions in chapter 578A, HRS, to clarify that any proper adult person or family, regardless of marital status, may be approved by DHS or another authorized agency to provide foster care services for children.
Requires the Department of Human Services to post on its website, reports of child care facility inspections and corrective actions taken by the facility. Requires annual reporting to the Legislature on records and actions involving violation complaints. Appropriates funds. (HB673 HD1)
Establishes the Diabetes Prevention and Management Task Force. Effective July 1, 2017.
Enhances the electronic prescription accountability system to inform prescribers of their prescription habits compared to their peers.
