Establishes peer-to-peer car-sharing insurance requirements. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
Creates a classification of agricultural public lands entitled "taro lands". Appropriates funds to the Land Use Commission to create an inventory of lands classified as taro lands. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
Amends the definition of "preceptor" and "volunteer-based supervised clinical training rotation" to improve accessibility for providers to receive income tax credits for acting as preceptors. Includes the Director of Health on the Preceptor Credit Assurance Committee. (SD2)
Expands the investigative power of the Department of Human Services to include: children who have been adopted or have been placed in legal guardianship, whose adoptive families or legal guardians are receiving federal or state financial assistance; and children in the foster care system for whom there is a pending petition for adoption or for whom an adoption decree has been issued but the children have not yet been placed in the custody of the adoption petitioner. Requires the Department of Human Services to submit a report to the Legislature on the impact of expanding home visits to families receiving adoption assistance or legal guardianship assistance before the convening of the Regular Session of 2027. Establishes a two-year Crisis Mobile Outreach Team Pilot Program within the Department of Health to expand and support existing crisis response services and programs for at-risk youth. Requires the Department of Health's Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division to submit a report to the Legislature on its findings and recommendations arising from the pilot program before the Regular Session of 2024. Appropriates funds to the Department of Health and the Department of Human Services. Repeals the pilot program on 6/30/2024. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD2)
Requires government entities to seek reimbursement for search and rescue expenses for persons who require rescue after leaving a hiking trail to enter a prohibited area or hiking on a trail closed to the public. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
Clarifies reimbursement for services provided through telehealth via an interactive telecommunications system. Defines "interactive telecommunications system". Clarifies that, for services furnished for purposes of diagnosis, evaluation, or treatment of a mental health disorder to a patient in their home, interactive telecommunications may include audio-only communication in certain circumstances. Repeals 07/01/2027. Effective 01/01/2050. (SD2)
Prohibits the Department of Health from issuing permits for commercial burning of green waste products in residential areas or within one thousand feet of a residential property.
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish an annual two-tier inflationary cost index rate adjustment for water carriers based on automatic annual increases or a justified increase based on actual costs and performance. Establishes a water carrier agricultural cargo shipping subsidy with an annual rate increase. Appropriates funds. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
Authorizes independent generators of renewable energy to wheel the renewable electricity they produce to users of renewable energy under administrative rules established by the Public Utilities Commission. (SD1)
Establishes the Home Birth Task Force to investigate outstanding issues relating to regulatory scheme created by Act 32, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019. (SD1)
