Appropriates funds for positions and activities related to coconut rhinoceros beetle infestation control.
Adopts the Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship, and Other Protective Arrangements Act. Repeals the superseded Uniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Act.
Creates within the Department of Health's wastewater branch a cesspool conversion section, which will be responsible for facilitating the conversion of cesspools within the State. Establishes 2.0 full-time equivalent positions within the cesspool conversion section in fiscal year 2023-2024, and 2.0 additional full-time equivalent positions within the section in fiscal year 2024-2025. Appropriates moneys.
Adjusts the method by which the department of human services shall calculate payments to providers of medical care and long-term supports and services. Appropriates funds.
Appropriates funds to DOA for the continued administration of the Hawaii healthy food incentive program and to provide matching funds to beneficiaries who participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
Appropriates funds to the Executive Office on Aging within the Department of Health for the Hawaii Healthy Aging Partnership.
Establishes the Erin's law task force to review policies, programs, and curricula for educating public school students about sexual abuse and sex trafficking prevention, report recommendations for the establishment of a program to educate public school children on sexual abuse prevention through age-appropriate curricula, provide relevant training to teachers and school staff, and inform parents and guardians about important child sexual abuse topics. Requires the Department of Education to establish and implement a systemwide sexual abuse prevention education program at the conclusion of the task force.
Authorizes the School Facilities Authority of the Department of Education to disregard any ordinance or rule related to the use, zoning, planning, or development of land to which the authority holds title or for any construction on land to which the authority holds title.
Requires all health insurers in the state, including medicaid managed care programs, to cover annual mental health wellness examinations.
Establishes under the Hawaii Children's Trust Fund Coalition a collective impact program called the Malama ‘Ohana Program to seek, design, and recommend transformative changes to the State's existing child welfare system. Requires the Malama ‘Ohana Program to report to the legislature before the Regular Session of 2025. Appropriates funds.
