Requires health insurance policies and contracts issued after 12/31/19 to provide coverage for the cost of hearing aids at a minimum of $1,500 per hearing aid for each hearing-impaired ear every 36 months. Exempts mandatory health care coverage from impact assessment report. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
Repeals the civil statute of limitations for child sexual abuse. (SD1)
Requires that if an application for pardon is not referred to the Director of Public Safety and the Hawaii Paroling Authority by the Governor, then the Governor shall provide public notice and a waiting period of fourteen days shall apply to the granting or refusing of the application for pardon. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Expands access to medicaid home and community-based services to include individuals who require home care services more than twice weekly, do not have ready access to reliable transportation, and live thirty miles or more from the nearest hospital. (SD1)
Clarifies that failure to register a firearm within the required time period does not relieve the owner of the duty to register the firearm. Allows the owner of an unregistered firearm to register the firearm thereafter without penalty. (SD1)
Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to submit by 3/1/2019, a report studying how other jurisdictions oversee Title IX enforcement. (SD1)
Requires the committee on weights to report to the legislature on any recommendations to the board of education on the weighted student formula. (SD1)
Exempts members of a county council from the limitation on the number of members that may attend an informational meeting or presentation on matters relating to official board business, including a meeting of another entity, legislative hearing, convention, seminar, or community meeting. Clarifies that such meetings shall be meetings that are open to the public for purposes of permitted interactions. Takes effect on 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Expands the pool of orthodontists who are eligible to perform medically necessary orthodontic services for treatment of certain orofacial anomalies covered by health insurance.
Appropriates moneys to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation for low-interest home construction and home improvement loans to holders of Ahupua‘a ‘O Kahana State Park residential leases. Lapses funds appropriated to the general fund on June 30, 2023. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
