Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, requires the Department of Education to require the teaching of financial literacy to be included in the existing personal transition plan requirement for each student.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services to achieve the full funding, including estimated payment increases, of Medicaid home- and community-based services.
Increases from $800 to $1,600 the amount of death benefits paid by the Department of Human Services to cover the cremation and disposition costs for a deceased person who was eligible for medical or financial assistance at the time of the person's death and whose body is unclaimed.
Requires the Department of Education Committee on Weights to consider the impact of its weighted student formula recommendations on small and remote schools.
Establishes a working group to develop a plan that creates an educational pathway in the University of Hawaiʻi community college system that equips interested students with the necessary entry level knowledge, skill set, expertise, and advancement potential in the field of meat processing. Requires a report to the Legislature twenty days before the Regular Sessions of 2025 and 2026.
Beginning 1/1/2027, establishes licensing requirements, including minimum standards and qualifications, for journey worker electric utility linemen and expands the board of electricians and plumbers to include members engaged in electric utility work. Sunsets the original limited exemption from licensing requirements for qualified electricians that was originally enacted by Act 65, SLH 2013, and extended pursuant to Act 60, SLH 2018.
Lowers the blood alcohol concentration threshold for driving while under the influence of alcohol from 0.08 to 0.05.
Beginning on 7/1/2024, requires that the state supplemental payment for type 1 adult residential care homes, licensed developmental disabilities domiciliary homes, community care foster family homes, and certified adult foster homes not exceed $1,136. Beginning on 7/1/2024, requires that the state supplemental payment for type II adult residential care homes not exceed $1,334.
Establishes a two-year senior access pilot program in the Executive Office on Aging to improve access to essential services and reduce wait times for seniors seeking public services through state and county government offices. Requires the Auditor to evaluate effectiveness, impact, and feasibility of the pilot program. Appropriates funds.
Appropriates funds to the department of health for mobile vaccination services for homebound individuals.
