Rep. Aaron Ling Johanson

Establishes a federal grant coordinator position within the office of the director of health (HTH 907). Requires the federal grant coordinator to coordinate the planning and preparation of grant proposals for the department of health and the department of human services to ensure that both departments maximize their receipt of federal grant moneys. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD1)

Requires that providers of health or human services that receive state funds file annual financial reports and that the reports be disclosed to the department of taxation. Exempts certain contracts with existing reporting requirements. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD1)

Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses to order, assess, and certify home health care eligibility for medicare beneficiaries. Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses to certify whether a person is totally disabled under the state income tax code. Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses to make capacity determinations. Adds advanced practice registered nurses as primary providers in advance mental health care directives. (SD2)

Increases the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000 for violations of emergency rules prescribed and promulgated pursuant to Chapter 127A, HRS, and having the force and effect of law when the noncompliance jeopardizes the health or safety of government personnel having "emergency worker" status.

Beginning on November 1, 2021, requires all vulnerable coastal property sales or transfers to include a sea level rise hazard exposure statement to ensure that new property owners and transferees understand the special hazards, requirements, and limitations that may affect the property. Requires sellers to include whether property is within a sea level rise exposure area in the disclosure statement provided to the buyer.

Establishes and appropriates funds for a broadband infrastructure grant program to be administered by the department of business, economic development, and tourism.

Exempts telehealth-related gifts from procurement requirements. Codifies the authorization of advanced practice registered nurses to use telehealth to assist a patient, including those advanced practice registered nurses who are not licensed in the State, under certain conditions. Makes permanent certain telehealth-related exemptions for licensed health professions issued by recent gubernatorial proclamation. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)

Exempts from the fair treatment provisions of the Ethics Code, the mere reuse of an image documenting a historical, governmental event.

Short form bill relating to insurance.

Requires the Hawaii medical board to establish standards for health care providers to ensure that a patient's consent to treatment is an informed consent. Requires that informed consent for a proposed medical or surgical treatment or a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure be obtained prior to the day of that treatment or procedure. Specifies that if the treatment or procedure is to occur on the same day it is scheduled, the informed consent shall be obtained at the time the decision is made to schedule that treatment or procedure.