Requires, on or before 9/1/2019, that the department of health adopt rules for underground storage tanks and tank systems to conform with certain federal regulations and that include additional requirements for field-constructed underground storage tanks and tank systems.
Appropriates funds to the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center for operation of its twenty-four-hour emergency room.
Authorizes crime victim compensation for mental health services for survivors in cases involving a deceased victim and for children who witness domestic violence in cases of abuse of a family or household member. (SD1)
Appropriates funds to the Department of Health for the aging and disability resource center. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Allows consumers to obtain unpasteurized milk by entering into herdshare agreements with producers. (SD1)
Requires the policy advisory board for elder affairs to establish quorum requirements through its bylaws and post its bylaws on the executive office on aging's website. Specifies that a majority of currently serving members, but no fewer than eight, shall constitute quorum. (SD1)
Provides immunity from liability for postgraduate resident physicians and fellows for medical malpractice claims arising from injury that occurs as a result of care that is provided while the resident physician or fellow is participating in an accredited training program under the supervision of a licensed faculty or volunteer physician.
Clarifies that any person that offers free or reduced rate shipping to a consumer in another state but who refuses to honor that shipping offer to a consumer in Hawaii has engaged in an act that is unfair and deceptive under certain conditions. Extends remedies.
Specifies that ten per cent of the moneys in the Hawaii tobacco settlement special fund shall be appropriated to the executive office on aging for purposes of the kupuna care program and the kupuna caregivers program. (SD1)
Provides resident physicians and fellows participating in a graduate medical education program with the same incentives and protections as licensed physicians engaging in the health care peer review process.
