Authorizes pharmacists to administer vaccines to persons between eleven and seventeen years pursuant to a valid prescription. Specifies requirements pharmacists must meet prior to administering any vaccine to a person between eleven and seventeen years. (HB900 HD1)
Amends penalties for violations of laws and administrative rules governing boating and ocean recreation by aligning penalties with the severity of the prohibited conduct. Clarifies that imposition of civil or criminal penalties does not preclude the imposition of administrative fines. (HB552 HD2)
Establishes a collective bargaining unit for graduate student assistants employed by the University of Hawaii. (HB919 HD1)
Enacts produce safety rules in accordance with the federal Food and Drug Administration Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption. (HB869 HD1)
Appropriates funds to the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center for operation of its twenty-four-hour emergency room. (HB614 HD1)
Establishes the culturally competent palliative care pilot program to promote palliative care, gather health care utilization data, and conduct bidding for at least two pilot programs for home or community based palliative care, one of which must be located in a county with less than two hundred thousand residents. Establishes an advisory group to oversee implementation of the pilot program. (HB722 HD1)
Appropriates funding for drug treatment in Hawaii. Requires the DOH to pursue non-state funding sources for drug treatment programs prior to expending general revenue funds appropriated. Requires DOH to exhaust all public and private insurance options for reimbursement for individual treatment provided before expending appropriated funds. (HB235 HD1)
Appropriates funds to the DOH for the health care provider loan repayment program administered through the John A. Burns School of Medicine of the University of Hawaii at Manoa; provided that the funds are matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis by a private or another public source. (HB902 HD1)
Amends the State Librarian's salary set by the Board of Education to no more than 90 percent of the Superintendent of Education's salary. (HB412 HD1)
Expands the coffee labeling requirements to include ready-to-drink coffee beverages. (HB143 HD1)
