Requires the Hawaii Tourism Authority, in collaboration with the Department of Land and Natural Resources, to implement and administer tourism related initiatives that are designed to educate visitors on the State's protected areas and wildlife, including public service announcement videos to be shown by transportation companies. Requires aircraft and vessel passengers to complete "Promise to Preserve and Protect Hawaii's Environment" declaration forms. Requires transportation companies to distribute and collect declaration forms for delivery to the Department of Land and Natural Resources.
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Requires the counties to submit an annual report to the Legislature detailing certain housing production data.
Requires broadband service providers to annually disclose to the Broadband and Digital Equity Office certain broadband data and the street-level locations where it has deployed fiber cable.
Amends provisions relating to criteria and procedures in family court determinations regarding custody and visitation rights. Clarifies that a parent's felony conviction for a violent or sexual offense in which the victim was a minor, or requirement to register as a sex offender, raises a rebuttable presumption that custody or visitation by that parent is not in the best interest of the child. Requires courts to consider registration as a sex offender a presumption of risk that affects the burden of producing evidence. Requires courts to state reasons for findings in writing or on the record, including specific findings that there is no risk to the child's health, safety, and welfare. Requires nondisclosure of certain information when a court makes a finding of abuse or domestic violence against a parent.
Appropriates funds to restore diagnostic, preventive, and restorative dental benefits to adult medicaid enrollees; provided that the department of human services obtains maximum federal matching funds available and pursues all funding sources, including private grants, prior to expending any general fund appropriations.
Prohibits the sale of all flavored tobacco products. Establishes fines and penalties for violations. Effective 01/01/2023.
Specifies that ten per cent of the moneys in the Hawaii Tobacco Settlement Special Fund shall be allocated to and expended by the Department of Health for purposes of the Kupuna Care Program and the Kupuna Caregivers Program. Specifies that the allotment of tobacco settlement moneys shall not supplant the base budget of the Executive Office on Aging.
Requires the Department of Health to fill the vacant division chief staff position within the Environmental Management Division by 10/1/2022 and consider environmental justice issues when making certain assessments and determinations. Requires the Clean Water Branch to perform water quality testing during brown water advisories, inform the public of health risks associated with water runoff during brown water advisories, and establish an Environmental Management Division Oversight Advisory Board. Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a comprehensive review of the Environmental Management Division.
Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources to study and combat rapid ohia death in the State.
Expands the responsibilities of the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to include jurisdiction over beaches under inter-governmental jurisdiction that are vulnerable to sea-level rise impacts.