Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish preferential electricity rates for residential properties located within a one-mile radius of a utility scale wind energy facility. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to review and adjust the preferential rate, if necessary. (SD1)
Establishes an old government roads commission to address the issue of jurisdiction between the State and the counties over disputed roads. Appropriates funds.
Requires providers authorized to prescribe opioids to discuss with patients certain risks associated with controlled substances that are opioids prior to issuing initial opioid prescriptions for the treatment of acute pain. Requires providers to include a note acknowledging the discussion of the risks associated with opioids in the patient's medical record.
Requires, by September 1, 2020, that the department of health request the Drug Enforcement Administration to grant a federal schedule I exemption for the medical use of cannabis in Hawaii.
Appropriates funds for the renovation and repurposing of the Guensberg building at the Hawaii state hospital for a secure residential co-occurring treatment program.
Appropriates funds for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and Office of Hawaiian Affairs as mandated by the Constitution of the State of Hawaii and Hawaii law. (SD1)
Requires original equipment manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to make documentation, parts, and tools available to independent repair providers and owners for the purposes of diagnosis, maintenance, and repair on fair and reasonable terms.
Increases the maximum gross vehicle weight rating for trucks and vans that a person who is granted a provisional license may drive from fifteen thousand pounds to eighteen thousand pounds.
Beginning January 1, 2021, requires contracted health plans under the State's medicaid managed care and fee-for-service programs to cover routine costs of care of enrollees participating in an approved clinical trial.
Allows the usage of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits by means of electronic benefits transfer cards in all cafeterias in four-year university and community college campuses in the University of Hawaii system.
