Requires each public or private school to have staff trained in the administration of epinephrine. Requires signs at schools stating the symptoms of anaphylaxis and the proper method for administering epinephrine. Appropriates funds.
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Makes an appropriation to support and expand medical residency training programs in state teaching hospitals. Requires dollar-for-dollar matching funds from private funding sources.
Establishes a working group to develop a comprehensive statewide plan for undergrounding utility lines. Appropriates funds.
Establishes the wildlife conservation special fund for oiled wildlife remediation and rehabilitation and habitat preservation and enhancement. Allocates funds from the environmental response, energy, and food security tax.
Requires developers of housing projects that are exempt from certain laws to enter into profit-sharing agreements with the tenants of those properties.
Prohibits a third party from selling or using personal information about a consumer that has been sold to the third party by a business unless the consumer has received explicit notice, provides express written consent, and is provided an opportunity to exercise the right to opt out. Specifies notification requirements for businesses.
Requires the University of Hawaii to develop a single articulation pathway that allows students who complete an associate degree in a field relating to early childhood education to pursue a common curriculum in early childhood education that will articulate, without alteration, with a related baccalaureate degree program at another University of Hawaii campus. Establishes an early childhood education articulation working group to assist the University of Hawaii in developing the articulation pathway. Requires reports to the Legislature.
Prohibits restaurants and hotels from applying service charges for the sale of food or beverage services unless they are distributed as tip income directly to their employees.
Establishes the offense of unlawful shipment of e-liquid products. Includes e-liquid within the definition of "tobacco products", as used in the cigarette tax and tobacco tax law. Increases the license fee for persons engaged as a wholesaler or dealer of cigarettes and tobacco products. Increases the retail tobacco permit fee for retailers engaged in the retail sale of cigarettes and tobacco products. Requires applicants seeking a retail tobacco permit to specify whether the retailer engages in the retail sale of e-liquid for each place of business for which a permit is sought. Allocates a portion of funds collected in excise taxes on tobacco products to health education and prevention programs about the risks and dangers of the use of electronic smoking devices for youth. Repeals certain provisions relating to electronic smoking devices.
Requires that advertisements for rates for transient accommodations include all mandatory fees, except for taxes imposed by the State or county.