Requires health insurance policies and contracts issued after 12/31/18 to provide coverage for the cost of hearing aids at a minimum of $1,500 per hearing aid for each hearing-impaired ear every thirty-six months.
Makes an appropriation to the Department of Health for the Kupuna Care Program. (HB608 HD1)
Authorizes certification and regulation of medical marijuana collectives comprising qualifying patients.
Requires candidates for President and Vice President of the United States to disclose their federal income tax returns in order for their names to appear on a Hawaii ballot. (HB1581 HD1)
Allows unit owners in planned community associations and condominium associations to withhold legal fees from assessments claimed by associations pending decision in any mediation, arbitration, or court proceeding in which the owner has filed for a determination of the validity of the amounts and attorney's fees claimed by the association. (HB649 HD1)
Directs the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation or any appropriate entity of the State to initiate negotiations to keep the rental units of the Front Street Apartments on the island of Maui affordable or to acquire the property to provide affordable rents to households. Appropriates funds. (HB1553 HD1)
Establishes the infrastructure development loan subaccount within the dwelling unit revolving fund to make loans to developers to finance the costs of the infrastructure of housing developments. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2030. (SD1)
Establishes the Hawaii college service corps to provide recent high school graduates with tuition waivers and college credit for participation in qualifying college service corps programs.
Prohibits the application of neonicotinoid insecticides and glyphosate herbicides after December 31, 2019, without a license or permit from the state or federal government. (HB1282 HD1)
Short form bill relating to the Public Utilities Commission.
