Requires temporary disability insurance to provide extended coverage to an employee who has a preterm birth requiring the newborn baby to stay in a neonatal intensive care unit or birth requiring the newborn baby to stay in a neonatal intensive care unit for more than eight weeks, provided the employee provides kangaroo care to or expresses breast milk for the newborn. Requires family leave to be extended for an employee who has a preterm birth requiring the newborn baby to stay in a neonatal intensive care unit or birth requiring the newborn baby to stay in a neonatal intensive care unit for more than eight weeks, provided the employee provides kangaroo care to or expresses breast milk for the newborn. Requires the Department of Health to amend the Hawaii Administrative Rules to include neonatal care as related condition where the phrase "pregnancy, childbirth, or other related condition" is used.
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Endorses the Global Commitment outlined by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and United Nations Environment Programme and directs the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to set targets and implement policies to achieve the goals of the Global Commitment.
Removes sugar and pineapple industries from the Hawaii State Planning Act.
Requires the Department of Education to provide hygiene products that support public health, such as toilet paper, menstrual products, and hand soap free of charge to all students on all public school campuses. Requires the State Public Charter School Commission to provide hygiene products that support public health, such as toilet paper, menstrual products, and hand soap free of charge to all students on all public charter school campuses. Makes appropriations.
Authorizes the Department of Health to allow a licensed dispensary to purchase up to three thousand grams of medical cannabis or manufactured cannabis products from another licensed dispensary to ensure ongoing qualifying patient access. Increases the allowable number of production centers and retail dispensing locations per dispensary license. Places certain limits on where qualifying patients can obtain medical cannabis or manufactured cannabis products after 12/31/22. Authorizes the Department of Health to set fee structures for the submission of applications for each additional production center and retail dispensing location and for dispensary-to-dispensary sales. Permits inspections of registered grow sites by Department of Health or law enforcement to verify compliance with cannabis plant limits for cultivation by qualifying patients. Limits dispensary-to-dispensary sales to those located on the same island, as long as federal law prohibits the transportation of medical cannabis over a body of water. Effective 7/1/2022.
Prohibits discrimination, including in advertisements for rental property, in rental transactions based on participation in a section 8 housing choice program or any permanent supportive housing program or requirements related to participation in these housing assistance programs. Appropriates funds.
Requires the counties to address chronic housing shortages by allowing higher density developments to be constructed for affordable housing projects.
Facilitates the jurisdiction transfer of water quality management, water pollution, wastewater treatment, instream flow standards, and applications for water quality from the Department of Health to the Commission on Water Resource Management.
Increases the minimum wage annually starting 1/1/2023. Beginning on September 30, 2027, and each year thereafter, requires the department of labor and industrial relations to calculate an adjusted minimum wage rate to the nearest five cents using the Honolulu region consumer price index for all urban consumers, subject to certain conditions. Repeals the tip credit.
Excludes the installation of roof-mounted photovoltaic or solar water heater systems from mandatory review under chapter 6E, HRS, by the state historic preservation division.