Sen. Lynn DeCoite

Primary HB 93

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO MEDICAID.

Requires insurers that contract with the Department of Human Services, to provide a medically complex add-on payment of 40 percent of the Medicaid base rate for medical enrollees in long-term care facilities with complex medical, behavioral, mental health, and cognitive needs who are waitlisted at an acute care hospital. Appropriates funds for medically complex add-on payments. (HB93 HD1)

In committee Jan 17, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 663

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Requires all limited service pregnancy centers to accurately disclose availability and enrollment information for reproductive health services. Establishes privacy and disclosure requirements for individual records and information. Authorizes civil penalties and civil actions for enforcement and remedy. (HB663 HD1)

In committee Jan 17, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 1421

Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Establishes a regulatory scheme for roofing contractors to protect consumers from unlicensed insurance adjusters. (HB1421 HD2)

Passed Jan 17, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 773

Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL HEMP.

Makes modifications to the Industrial Hemp Pilot Program by permitting submission of a license application at any time during the year in which the applicant plans to grow industrial hemp, amending physical facility requirements, and repealing the requirement for a movement permit to transport plants or plant material. (HB773 HD2)

Passed Jan 17, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 612

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER.

Appropriates funds for the Aging and Disability Resource Center. (HB612 HD1)

In committee Jan 17, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 412

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO CIVIL RIGHTS.

Establishes a Civil Rights Board to address the civil rights of homeless. Authorizes the board to: (1) request a law enforcement officer to initiate proceedings for an individual's emergency examination and hospitalization; and (2) if the law enforcement officer declines to do so, order the officer to address any complaint by taking action that would help to ameliorate the situation.

In committee Jan 17, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 1562

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO CANCER PATIENTS.

Requires insurance coverage for embryo, oocyte, and sperm cryopreservation procedures to preserve the fertility of adults diagnosed with cancer who have not yet started cancer treatment.

In committee Jan 17, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 551

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Authorizes the Department of Health (DOH) to maintain a forum on its website where specified state-licensed care facilities may post vacancy information. Requires DOH to convene a working group to discuss and provide feedback on the implementation and maintenance of the forum. Appropriates funds.

In committee Jan 17, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 434

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE.

Converts the Long-Term Care Community Living Program Specialist position within the Executive Office on Aging from exempt to permanent civil service status. (HB434 HD1)

In committee Jan 17, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 833

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO LICENSING.

Requires adult family boarding homes and private homes that provide healthcare to the elderly or disabled to be licensed by the Department of Health. Establishes fines for operating an adult residential care home, adult family boarding home or private home that provides healthcare to elderly or disabled individuals who are unrelated to the caregiver family by blood, marriage, or adoption, or hospice home without a license.

In committee Jan 17, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track