Requires health care professionals serving as a primary care provider to maintain liability insurance. Requires the insurance commissioner to establish uniform, minimum amounts of insurance for all health care professionals, regardless of their professional specialty or certification.
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.
Requires health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage beginning 1/1/2018 for medically necessary cognitive rehabilitation therapy for survivors of traumatic brain injury. Requires coverage for up to twenty years from the date the traumatic brain injury occurred and imposes a lifetime cap of $300,000 per person. Requests the auditor to update the 2004 auditor's report on cognitive rehabilitation and report back to the legislature. (SD1)
Appropriates funds to the department of human services to create one full-time program specialist position within the adult protective and community services branch to oversee the foster grandparent program and senior companion programs in Maui county.
Requires barber, beauty operator, and instructor licensees under the board of barbering and cosmetology to complete a one-time, three-hour training program on intimate partner violence awareness and education. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD2)
Establishes the rare disease advisory board within the department of health to provide education about rare diseases and encourage the funding of research in the development of new treatments for rare diseases. Describes duties of the advisory board, members of the board, and the board's obligation to coordinate with local and national groups conducting similar research and advocacy for persons with rare diseases.
Establishes the John A. Burns school of medicine scholarship program, which covers the cost of tuition and fees for a full course of study at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns school of medicine in exchange for a service commitment of five years in the State upon the completion of residency. Appropriates funds.
Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for construction and infrastructure development projects to provide affordable housing units for middle class and low income residents. Allows moneys from the conveyance tax and the county surcharge on state tax to be used to repay the bonds.
Prohibits certain large vehicles of more than 10,000 pounds from being driven on the far left lane of any roadway having three or more lanes, with certain exceptions. Establishes a fifty-five mile per hour speed limit for trucks having a gross vehicle weight rating in excess of 10,000 pounds.
Establishes an add-on payment of forty per cent to the medicaid base rate for medicaid enrollees at long-term care facilities that have medically complex conditions requiring higher level of care. Appropriates funds for fiscal years 2018 and 2019 to cover increased costs. (SD1)
