Authorizes the establishment of a physician-patient relationship via a telehealth interaction, if the physician is licensed to practice medicine in the State. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD2)
Establishes a federal grant coordinator position within the office of the director of health (HTH 907). Requires the federal grant coordinator to coordinate the planning and preparation of grant proposals for the department of health and the department of human services to ensure that both departments maximize their receipt of federal grant moneys. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD1)
Expands coverage of breast cancer screening and imaging to include risk factor screening, and additional and supplemental imaging. Requires the auditor to conduct an impact assessment report and make a report to the legislature. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD2)
Authorizes the director of transportation to transfer funds between program identification numbers within the harbors division; provided that the aggregate amount transferred in a fiscal year does not exceed an unspecified amount. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
Designates 9/7 of each year as United States Senator Daniel K. Inouye Day.
Requires that the state building code council include voting members with experience and knowledge in building energy efficiency standards and sustainable building, design, construction, and operation. Requires that the counties amend or adopt their respective building codes and standards based upon the International Energy Conservation Code within an unspecified time frame after the adoption of the Hawaii state building energy conservation code. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD2)
Establishes an income tax credit for the conversion of gasolinepowered buses to hydrogen-powered buses or the purchase of new hydrogen-powered buses. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
Requires that providers of health or human services that receive state funds file annual financial reports and that the reports be disclosed to the department of taxation. Exempts certain contracts with existing reporting requirements. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD1)
Establishes a road connectivity task force to assess and identify ways of improving road access in rural areas and in subdivisions with substandard roads. Requires a report to the legislature.
Authorizes the counties to reclassify lands fifty acres or seventy-five acres in certain rural, urban, and agricultural districts; provided that a certain percentage of the housing units on the land sought to be reclassified are set aside for persons and families with incomes at or below one hundred forty percent of the area median income. Establishes penalties for violations related to land use commission district boundary amendments. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
