Establishes a community court outreach project in the City and County of Honolulu, subject to the availability of funds and memoranda of agreements from the Judiciary, Prosecuting Attorney, and the Public Defender. Appropriates funds. (HB457 HD1)
Phases out the county allocation of transient accommodations tax revenues over a 3-year period. Implements new income tax brackets and rates over a 3-year period. Doubles the amount of the personal exemption. Places limitations on claims for itemized tax deductions. (HB1586 HD1)
Establishes an income tax credit for taxpayers with an adjusted gross income of $100,000 or less who purchase bus passes or passes for a public transportation program. (HB721 HD1)
Appropriates moneys for research to combat rapid ohia death. (HB1472 HD1)
Transfers title, custody, and control of two parcels of land from the University of Hawaii to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. (HB1334 HD2)
Requires health insurance coverage for case management services by licensed mental health providers for victims of sexual violence. (HB665 HD2)
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)
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. (HB616 HD1)
Appropriates funds for the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program to support the program on Oahu and for contracted services in the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui. (HB610 HD1)
