Requiring State purchases to prioritize goods "made in America", "made in America from domestic and foreign parts", and "assembled in America", prior to those of foreign origin, in cases where Hawaii products are unavailable.
Establishes Employment First as a state policy for persons with disabilities. Requires state and county agencies to implement Employment First in hiring and in all programs and services administered or funded by the State or counties. Applies Employment First principles to Medicaid home- and community-based waiver programs.
Requires the department of human services to continue to lead a working group to address visitation and support needs of children and families of incarcerated individuals. Requires the judiciary to coordinate discussions with the department of human services and to work with the department of public safety, family reunification working group, and other entities serving children and families affected by parental incarceration to establish a pilot visitation and family resource center at Waiawa correctional facility. Requires the visitation and family resource center to be run by a non-profit. Requires working group to report to the legislature prior to the regular session of 2023. Appropriates funds.
Requires the department of health to adopt rules to allow primary caregivers to be absent from community care foster family homes for no more than thirty-six, rather than twenty-eight, hours in a calendar week, not to exceed eight, rather than five, hours per day.
Includes best practice destination management and regenerative tourism under the scope and responsibilities of the Hawaii tourism authority. Requires the Hawaii tourism authority to develop a tourism management plan that includes tourism marketing, best practice destination management, and regenerative tourism.
Prohibits any person from operating, using, or controlling a peer-to-peer car-sharing program in the State.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the fourth representative district.
Extends the Ohana Zones Pilot Program to 2026 to reduce homelessness by placing individuals into permanent housing, expanding housing, and preserving existing housing. Appropriates moneys.
Creates a new classification of temporary teacher so that long-term substitute teachers are compensated for a full eight-hour work day of teaching and the additional necessary tasks associated with long-term substitute teaching positions. Compensates temporary teachers for designated state holidays and intersessions. Appropriates funds.
Extends the renewal period from 2 years to 4 years for licensees who are 70 years of age or older but younger than 80 years of age. Requires applicants for a new license or for license renewal who are 70 years of age or older to present certification of physical and mental competence from a doctor upon application.
