Requires the department of education to establish food waste and zero-emission vehicle goals as part of the sustainable schools initiative. Requires an annual report to the legislature. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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Part I: Authorizes each county to adopt ordinances to enforce section 291-71, Hawaii Revised Statutes, including the establishment of penalties for failure to comply with its requirements or make reasonable efforts to maintain electric vehicle charging stations in working order. Clarifies that certain enforcement officers may enter private property to enforce electric vehicle parking space violations. Requires new electric vehicle charging systems installed pursuant to the electric vehicle charging system requirement to be at least Level 2 and network capable. Adds electric vehicle charging equipped parking requirement of five stalls per one hundred stalls by 2025. Part II: Establishes a subaccount in the public utilities commission special fund for the electric vehicle charging system rebate program. Reallocates a portion of the environmental response, energy, and food security tax to be deposited into the subaccount. Part III: Appropriates funds out of the energy security special fund for the electric vehicle charging system rebate program. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD2)
Requires lessors of rental motor vehicles to include an option for the lessee in the motor vehicle rental agreement to contribute a sum to DLNR for the preservation and protection of the environment. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
Requires any Hawaii health systems corporation hospital in a county with an area greater than four thousand square miles that serves Compact of Free Association benefit recipients to establish diversity and inclusion training for all staff, and to hire interpreters and community health care workers as necessary to bridge the language and cultural divide with the community. Requires the Hawaii health systems corporation to provide oversight and enforcement. Requires the Hawaii health systems corporation to provide a report to the legislature. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD1)
Authorizes the establishment of a physician-patient relationship via a telehealth interaction, if the physician is licensed to practice medicine in the State. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD1)