Establishes the Technology Innovation Corporation, a corporation attached to the High Technology Development Corporation, to assist in attracting high technology development opportunities to the State. Appropriates funds. (SD1)
Appropriates funds to the department of health for the posting of care facility inspection reports on the department's website.
Provides an investment income tax credit for energy storage property that receives, stores, and delivers energy. Requires DOTAX and DBEDT to submit annual reports to the legislature regarding the energy storage income tax credit. Requires DBEDT to complete a study on the impacts and benefits of the tax credit and its contribution to the State reaching its energy goals. Applies to taxable years after 12/31/16.
Expands the National Board Certification Incentive Program to provide monetary incentives to school psychologists. Authorizes continuing bonuses for school psychologists in certain designated schools that improve and no longer carry a certain designation.
Makes an appropriation for the Alzheimer's disease and related dementia services coordinator position. (SD1)
Establishes a Kapolei jobs initiative pilot program that offers incentives to increase the number of businesses willing to establish themselves or open a new location in the Kapolei region. Establishes a tax credit, until 12/31/2024, as part of the Kapolei jobs initiative pilot program.
Exempts the development of affordable housing projects developed in the urban core by the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation from environmental assessment and environmental impact statement requirements.
Requires the state building code council to adopt net zero energy capability standards for new single-family residential construction. Requires all new single-family residential construction to be net zero capable by 1/1/2019.
Creates the global primary care training program to combine the Hilo medical center primary care training program and the University of Hawaii family medicine residency program on Oahu so that the two programs collaborate and allow residents from each program to intern with the other.
Appropriates funds for the healthy aging partnership program to further the program's important role in improving the health and well-being of Hawaii's kupuna.
