Establishes the Emergency Hazard Flood Mitigation Special Fund. Appropriates moneys into the Special Fund. Appropriates moneys from the Special Fund for emergency flood mitigation equipment. (HB2096 HD1)
Appropriates funds to improve the health care services related to cardiac care at Kona Community Hospital. Funds may be used for the construction of a hybrid catheterization lab and operating room and funding of cardiology staff positions to alleviate the lack of cardiac care. Permits the Department of Health to hire physicians to serve as district health officers. (HB782 HD1)
Authorizes the agribusiness development corporation to enter into contracts with private businesses to remove select municipal solid waste, glass, and food and green waste from the waste stream for use in other business sectors, including agriculture, construction, and energy production. (HB2095 HD1)
Designates the month of April of each year as the Hawaii Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month.
Expands eligibility and credit amount of the low income-household renters' income tax credit. Appropriates funds for the continued administration of the family assessment center for homeless families and for a housing homeless children rental assistance pilot program. Authorizes adoption of interim rules and procurement of services by federally-certified financial counselors without regard to chapters 91 and 103F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, respectively. (HB2751 HD1)
Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to install air conditioning in public schools that prioritize the project. (HB2510 HD1)
Establishes a study group within the Department of Health to develop a pilot program to address contamination relating to waste-water, cesspools, and shore waters at Puako. (HB2732 HD1)
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources and the counties to form a Marine Debris Working Group, with other interested parties, to resolve jurisdictional issues between the State and counties regarding the removal of marine debris and provide coordination between state and county agencies that ensures the cleanup of marine debris from Hawaii's beaches and shorefronts. Establishes a Marine Debris Special Fund to provide funding to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for the removal of marine debris from shorelines and nearshore waters. (HB2625 HD2)
Makes permanent the regulation of athletic trainers. (HB2062 HD2)
Exempts affordable housing projects developed or financed by HHFDC or a county, housing projects that satisfy county affordable housing requirements and qualify for county fee exemptions, and affordable rental housing for which the developer received Low-Income Housing Tax Credits from school impact fees. (HB1804 HD1)
