Exempts active members of the Hawaii emergency management agency and county emergency management agencies from jury duty. (HB954 HD1)
Addresses the issue of homelessness by creating a statewide, state-funded, subsidized public service employment program. Authorizes subsidies and low-interest loans for employers who participate in the program. Makes an appropriation.
Creates penalty for health care providers who fail to provide auxiliary aids or services to patients with a communication disability.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services for Med-QUEST coverage of adult dental services.
Requires insurers that contract with the Department of Human Services, to provide a medically complex add-on payment of 40 percent of the Medicaid base rate for medical enrollees in long-term care facilities with complex medical, behavioral, mental health, and cognitive needs who are waitlisted at an acute care hospital. Appropriates funds for medically complex add-on payments. (HB93 HD1)
Makes modifications to the Industrial Hemp Pilot Program by permitting submission of a license application at any time during the year in which the applicant plans to grow industrial hemp, amending physical facility requirements, and repealing the requirement for a movement permit to transport plants or plant material. (HB773 HD2)
Appropriates funds for the Aging and Disability Resource Center. (HB612 HD1)
Establishes a Civil Rights Board to address the civil rights of homeless. Authorizes the board to: (1) request a law enforcement officer to initiate proceedings for an individual's emergency examination and hospitalization; and (2) if the law enforcement officer declines to do so, order the officer to address any complaint by taking action that would help to ameliorate the situation.
Specifies procedural, disclosure, notice, and other requirements for prospective reviews required by health carriers or utilization review organizations prior to certification of coverage for health care services. (HB248 HD2)
Converts the Long-Term Care Community Living Program Specialist position within the Executive Office on Aging from exempt to permanent civil service status. (HB434 HD1)
