Adds the chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission or the chairperson's designee to the Commission on Water Resource Management as an ex officio voting member. Increases the number of commission members from seven to eight.
Clarifies that the eligibility for the general excise tax exemption includes the nonreceipt of financing from the Hawaii Housing and Finance and Development Corporation. Allows certain affordable rental housing projects to receive a waiver of various development fees from a county. Removes the limit on the type of costs eligible for exemption from the general excise tax for development of affordable rental housing certified by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation.
Requires the Director of Transportation to adopt rules that require tour aircraft operators to have aircraft liability insurance coverage of not less than $1,000,000 per person per incident.
Requires the Department of Health to conduct an inquiry into the impacts of underground injection control permits on coastal waters and surrounding ecology.
Clarifies that the request for dedication of infrastructure is to connect an eligible affordable housing's infrastructure to the county's infrastructure. Authorizes a licensed private building inspector, contracted by the State or county, to certify compliance with county standards. Establishes that dedication of infrastructure is deemed to have taken place if not accepted or rejected by the county within 60 days.
Amends and repeals sections in chapter 338, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to allow the Department of Health to disclose vital statistics records for public health purposes. Updates eligibility requirements for access to confidential vital records.
Prohibits the operation of all field-constructed storage tanks. Defines "field-constructed tank" to mean any tank constructed or manufactured in the field, including concrete tanks poured in the field or constructed in the field from steel or fiberglass.
Restricts any county from disapproving or imposing certain conditions on a housing development project for housing or an emergency shelter unless the county meets certain requirements.
Requires DOE to provide comprehensive training for teachers and educational officers on sexual health topics that include positive and accurate representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, asexual, and other sexual orientations and gender identities and persons of color communities, to destigmatize and promote sexual health. Requires sexual health programs to include similar sexual health topics to destigmatize and promote sexual health.
Appropriates moneys to extend Medicaid postpartum coverage to 12 months following the end of pregnancy.
