Removes the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism from membership on the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority Board.
Requires the Department of Agriculture to indemnify Molokai ranchers whose herds were affected by the bovine tuberculosis outbreak and have not received indemnification from other sources. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation.
Establishes a statute of repose for land surveyors, after which time a complaint cannot be made.
Renames the John A. Burns School of Medicine special fund as the physician and veterinarian special fund. Expands the authorized uses of the special fund to include providing loan repayments to veterinarians and scholarships for students attending a veterinary college; provided that the recipient commits to work in the State for a period of time determined by the Hawaiʻi Board of Veterinary Medicine. Requires the Hawaiʻi Board of Veterinary Medicine to establish a loan repayment and scholarship program. Assesses a fee on persons obtaining or renewing a veterinarian license. Provides for the deposit of the fee into the physician and veterinarian special fund. Appropriates moneys into and out of the physician and veterinarian special fund. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling.
Requires the Department of Human Services to establish a Medicaid buy-in program for workers with disabilities.
Allows for the use of fine meshed nets for the protection of plants against invasive species.
Establishes the Hawaiʻi Home Energy Assistance Program within the Department of Human Services to assist qualifying households in paying their energy bills. Establishes the Hawaiʻi Home Energy Assistance Special Fund. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 7th senatorial district.
Requires any person responsible for news and social media reports based on government records received under Hawaiʻi’s Uniform Information Practices Act to respond to record requests in the same manner as an agency under chapter 92F, HRS, with exceptions.
Appropriates funds to increase the funding for medicaid in-home services, conditioned on the Department of Human Services obtaining the maximum federal matching funds and pursuing all other funding sources.
