Hse Referral sheet template, revision no. 00002

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		Committee
		RE-REFERRAL
HB16	RELATING TO PUBLIC ORDER. Prohibits urinating and defecating in public places. Establishes graduated fines as penalties for violations.	HHS, JUD
HB21	RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Exempts gross receipts from the sale of mobility enhancing equipment and durable medical equipment from the general excise tax. Amends the definition of "prosthetic device" to include devices worn on the body. Exempts gross receipts from the repair of prosthetic devices from the general excise tax.	HHS, FIN
HB37	RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA. Amends Hawaii Revised Statutes and Hawaii Administrative Rules to substitute references to "medical marijuana" and like terms with "medical cannabis" and like terms.	HHS, JUD
HB48	RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA. Requires the department of health to adopt rules to prohibit: (1) the manufacture and sale of manufactured marijuana products that are shaped to appeal to children; and (2) the use of additives in manufactured marijuana products designed to make the product more addictive or more appealing to minors.	HHS, CPC, JUD
HB61	RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE TRAFFIC CODE. Prohibits smoking in a motor vehicle in which a minor is present. Requires the Department of Health to report on the enforceability of the prohibition and coordination of data collection efforts of the respective law enforcement agencies.	HHS, TRN, JUD
HB62	RELATING TO CANCER. Creates the colorectal cancer screening and awareness pilot program within the department of health and appropriates funds for the program. Repeals on 6/30/2020.	HHS, FIN
HB93, HD1	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)	HHS, FIN
HB109	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Provides insurance coverage for air travel and lodging for blind or disabled individuals living on neighbor islands requiring medical care on the island of Oahu and their attendants. Applies to health insurance policies, contracts, and plans issued or renewed after July 1, 2018.	HHS, CPC, FIN
HB111	MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION. Makes an emergency appropriation to provide funds to the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation for Fiscal Year 2016-2017 for Maui Memorial Medical Center, Kula Hospital and Clinic, and Lanai Community Hospital.	HHS, FIN
HB122	RELATING TO FERAL CATS. Appropriates funds to the Department of Health to enable it to contract with eligible non-profit or charitable organizations, private entities, or public entities to trap, neuter or spay, and release feral cats to the location where they were originally trapped.	HHS, FIN
HB129	RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH AUTHORITY. Requires the Hawaii Health Authority (HHA) to submit an updated comprehensive health plan to the Legislature. Appropriates funds for the hiring of an executive director and other staff and other expenses necessary for HHA to carry out its duties and responsibilities.	HHS, FIN
HB135	RELATING TO SANITATION. Requires the Department of Health to establish rules requiring all shopping centers with 20 or more retail or commercial establishment tenants to provide restrooms for public use.	HHS, JUD
HB150	RELATING TO END OF LIFE OPTION. Establishes a person's ability to choose the End of Life Option when afflicted with a terminal illness; provides safeguards for the affected person; and repeals penalties for participating in the End of Life Option Act.	HHS, JUD
HB156	RELATING TO REIMBURSEMENT OF PHARMACISTS. Requires insurers, mutual and fraternal benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to recognize services provided by pharmacists.	HHS, CPC, FIN
HB170	RELATING TO THE SCHEDULING OF MARIJUANA. Requires the Department of Public Safety to reassess the classification of marijuana as a Schedule I drug under state law and to report its findings to the Legislature.	HHS, JUD
HB183	RELATING TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLES. Establishes an emergency response vehicle noise task force to determine the impact of emergency response vehicle sirens in terms of excessive noise, the effect on public safety, and the relative effectiveness of the use of emergency lights instead of the use of sirens at night.	HHS, FIN
HB194	RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA COLLECTIVES. Authorizes certification and regulation of medical marijuana collectives comprising qualifying patients.	HHS, JUD
HB197	RELATING TO ADMINISTERING, DISPENSING, OR PRESCRIBING NARCOTIC DRUGS FOR USE IN MAINTENANCE OR DETOXIFICATION TREATMENT TO A NARCOTIC DEPENDENT PERSON. Clarifies that treatment drugs such as suboxone may be used in the maintenance or detoxification of narcotic dependent persons.	HHS, JUD
HB201	RELATING TO AID IN DYING. Allows a terminally ill adult with the capacity to make an informed healthcare decision to request a prescription for aid in dying medication from their attending physician to facilitate a peaceful death. Ensures that physicians who assist patients in obtaining aid in dying medication are not subject to civil or criminal liability.	HHS, JUD
HB216	RELATING TO COMMUNITY PARAMEDIC SERVICES. Implements the recommendations of the working group convened pursuant to House Concurrent Resolution No. 90, Regular Session of 2016, by establishing and appropriating funds for a three-year community paramedic services pilot program. Requires a report to the Legislature before the Regular Session of 2021.	HHS, FIN
HB248, HD2	RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Specifies procedural, disclosure, notice, and other requirements for prospective reviews required by health carriers or utilization review organizations prior to certification of coverage for health care services. (HB248 HD2)	HHS, CPC, FIN
HB249	RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates moneys for DOH lead poisoning prevention activities.	HHS, FIN
HB250	RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Entitles designated family members and other interested persons of a person having a mental health emergency to: notice of certain procedures and actions, option to be present in the courtroom for a hearing on a petition for involuntary hospitalization or assisted community treatment, and option to receive copies of hearing transcripts or recordings. Requires the court to adjourn or continue a hearing on a petition for involuntary hospitalization or assisted community treatment for failure to timely notify designated persons, with certain exceptions.	HHS, JUD
HB263, HD2	RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA. Amends provisions related to licensed medical marijuana dispensaries by imposing GET on a percentage of dispensaries gross proceeds or gross income and allocating a portion of GET revenues received from dispensaries to the Medical Marijuana Registry and Regulation Special Fund. (HB263 HD2)	HHS, FIN
HB264	RELATING TO FLUORIDATION. Requires the boards of water supply to fluoridate public water systems with 1,000 or more service connections. Requires the Department of Health, with the cooperation of the boards of water supply, to submit a report to the legislature regarding implementation of fluoridating the public water systems.	HHS, WAL, FIN
HB265	RELATING TO NOISE. Establishes enhanced penalties for multiple noise violations by a licensee in a county with a population of 500,000 or more during a single calendar year.	HHS, JUD, FIN
HB266	RELATING TO HARBORS. Authorizes the director of transportation to adopt rules that regulate and limit noise at harbors, ports, roadsteads, docks, wharves, piers, quays, bulkheads, and landings of the State.	HHS, TRN
HB313, HD1	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. Appropriates funds for one ambulance unit each for the County of Kauai and the County of Hawaii, including equipment, supplies, and personnel costs. (HB313 HD1)	HHS, FIN
HB322	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. Appropriates moneys to DOH for FY 2017-2018 to purchase an ambulance vehicle and for the costs of operating a 24-hour, 7-days-a-week, ambulance unit for the County of Kauai.	HHS, FIN
HB344	RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA. Amends penalties pertaining to certain medical marijuana prohibitions. Repeals certain medical marijuana prohibitions. Makes conforming amendments.	HHS, JUD, FIN
HB350	RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTIONS. Provides a general excise tax exemption for medical services after December 31, 2017.	HHS, FIN
HB355	RELATING TO VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEE REDUCTION. Reduces the vehicle registration fee and maintains allocation of the fee to the state highway fund and emergency medical services special fund.	TRN/HHS, FIN
HB370	RELATING TO PHARMACY. Requires outsourcing facilities to obtain a permit from the Board of Pharmacy before providing medications to healthcare providers.	HHS/IAC, CPC
HB371	RELATING TO DISPOSABLE FOOD CONTAINERS. Prohibits the use of polystyrene food containers in state-owned and state-run buildings and facilities beginning 1/1/18. Requires that food be packed in compostable containers. Authorizes DOH to allow exemptions.	EEP, HHS, CPC
HB392	RELATING TO HEALTH COVERAGE FOR BRAIN INJURIES. Requires certain insurance contracts and plans to provide coverage beginning 1/1/2017 for treatment of brain injuries, including cognitive and neurocognitive therapy, neurobehavioral and neuropsychological testing or treatment, and necessary post-acute transition services or community reintegration activities for a period of at least twenty years from the date the injury occurred and up to a lifetime cap per person of $300,000. Defines "cognitive rehabilitation therapy".	HHS, CPC, FIN
HB407, HD3, SD1	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Authorizes the issuance of employer-sponsored high deductible health plans, if certain conditions are met. Requires maintenance of health savings accounts in conjunction with high deductible health plans. Specifies that employers and insurers that buy or sell high deductible health plans remain subject to the Prepaid Health Care Act. Effective 7/1/2050. Repeals 6/30/2022. (SD1)	HHS, IAC, CPC
HB429	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Prohibits smoking and tobacco use, including the use of electronic smoking devices, by any person on the premises of the University of Hawaii.	HHS/LAB, HED
HB433	RELATING TO CARE FACILITY INSPECTIONS. Appropriates funds to the department of health for the posting of care facility inspection reports on the department's website.	HHS, FIN
HB449	RELATING TO MARIJUANA. Legalizes under state law the growing, processing, possession, transfer, and personal use of marijuana in a specified quantity to persons at least twenty-one years of age. Requires licensing to operate marijuana establishments. Specifies the application and non-application of the Internal Revenue Code to expenses related to the production and sale of marijuana and marijuana products for state income tax purposes. Specifies that amounts received for the sale of marijuana or marijuana products are not exempt from the state general excise tax. Establishes a tax on the sale of marijuana, marijuana products, and manufactured marijuana products. Establishes an education special fund, into which marijuana tax revenues are to be deposited.	HHS, JUD, FIN
HB467	RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT. Creates 7 separate collective bargaining units for employees of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.	HHS, LAB, FIN
HB468, HD1	RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT. Establishes collective bargaining unit (15) for employees with the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation. (HD1)	HHS, LAB, FIN
HB536	RELATING TO FOWL. Appropriates funds to the Department of Health to purchase traps for feral chickens and roosters and rent traps at a nominal fee to residents. Permits the Department of Health to contract with eligible non-profit or for-profit entities for that purpose.	HHS, FIN
HB538	RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires the Department of Health to: (1) charge and collect fees for the licensing, relicensing, certification, and recertification of community care facilities; and (2) submit a report to the Legislature prior to the 2018 Regular Session on implementation of the fees.	HHS, FIN
HB548	RELATING TO HEALTH-CARE. Provides that an individual acting as agent, guardian, or surrogate regarding health-care decisions may be awarded damages upon prevailing in a civil action.	HHS, JUD
HB549	RELATING TO ADVANCE HEALTH-CARE DIRECTIVES. Clarifies the immunity of agents, surrogates, and guardians in making a health-care decision regarding a patient's advance health-care directive.	HHS, JUD
HB550	RELATING TO DEATH WITH DIGNITY. Authorizes terminally ill adults seeking to end their life to request lethal doses of medication from medical and osteopathic physicians.	HHS, JUD
HB551	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.	HHS, FIN
HB559	RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes a suicide prevention task force to develop a strategic plan to reduce suicide in Hawaii by 25% by 2025.	HHS, FIN
HB560	RELATING TO DENTAL LICENSURE. Expands the required qualifications that applicants may fulfill as part of the requirements for dental licensure to include passage of other examinations substantively similar to ADEX and dental licensure in another state, along with other qualifications.	HHS/IAC, CPC
HB562	RELATING TO DENTISTRY. Clarifies that a dentist who has not successfully completed the education specified for the dental specialty as defined by the American Dental Association may be subject to license suspension or revocation or a fine if the dentist uses words or phrases in advertising that are similar to the existing list of prohibited words or phrases. Expands the prohibited words or phrases to include "dentistry for children".	HHS, CPC
HB564	RELATING TO THE BOARD OF DENTISTRY AND DENTAL HYGIENE. Changes the name of the Board of Dental Examiners to the Board of Dentistry and Dental Hygiene (Board). Beginning on 7/1/2018, changes the Board composition by increasing dental hygienist representation and ensuring Oahu and neighbor island representation among dental hygienist members. Allows neighbor island Board members to attend meetings via teleconference. Requires the Board to develop conflict of interest policies for Board member participation with dental examination companies and to submit a report to the Legislature prior to the 2018 Regular Session on the status of the policy.	HHS/IAC, CPC
HB565	RELATING TO DENTAL ASSISTANTS. Clarifies the allowable and prohibited practices and training requirements for dental assistants.	HHS/IAC, CPC
HB566	RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form bill relating to health.	HHS
HB567	RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form bill relating to health.	HHS
HB568	RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form bill relating to health.	HHS
HB569	RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form bill relating to health.	HHS
HB570	RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA. Short form bill relating to medical marijuana.	HHS
HB576	RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION. Transfers the management and operation of the east Hawaii regional system of the HHSC to the county of Hawaii.	HHS, FIN
HB577	RELATING TO A NON-BINDING REFERENDUM ON STATEWIDE COMMUNITY WATER FLUORIDATION. Proposes a non-binding, statewide referendum on whether the State should pursue policies and programs for community water fluoridation in order to improve the overall dental health of Hawaii's children and adults.	HHS, JUD
HB602	RELATING TO TAXATION. Amends the cesspool upgrade, conversion, or connection income tax credit by: (1) deleting the residential large capacity cesspool certification pilot program; and (2) expanding the definition of "qualified cesspool" to include cesspools that are certified for connection to an existing sewer system.	EEP/HHS, FIN
HB603	RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates funds for 1 advanced life support ambulance to be based in Makalei on the island of Hawaii and to be used from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., and to include a vehicle, equipment, and personnel costs.	HHS, FIN
HB604, HD1, SD1	RELATING TO LANDSCAPING. Requires the department of agriculture, in consultation with the department of health, to create and maintain a list of plants and landscaping-related structures or equipment that are known to be preferred habitats for mosquito breeding and prohibits use of these elements in public landscaping. Exempts routinely maintained botanical gardens. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)	HHS, FIN
HB612, HD1	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER. Appropriates funds for the Aging and Disability Resource Center. (HB612 HD1)	HHS, FIN
HB613	RELATING TO HEARING AIDS. 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.	HHS, CPC
HB614, HD1	RELATING TO FALL PREVENTION. Appropriates funds to the Department of Health for one full-time equivalent Fall Prevention and Early Detection Coordinator position, which was established by Act 153, Session Laws of Hawaii 2014. (HB614 HD1)	HHS, FIN
HB661	RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA. Limits tetrahydrocannabinol levels in manufactured marijuana products. Requires warning labels on packaging.	HHS, FIN
HB662	RELATING TO MARIJUANA. Authorizes the director of health to establish maximum retail prices for medical marijuana and manufactured marijuana products. Delays authority to establish medical marijuana price controls until 7/1/2018.	HHS, FIN
HB663, HD1	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)	HHS, JUD, FIN
HB664	RELATING TO IN VITRO FERTILIZATION INSURANCE COVERAGE. Removes discriminatory requirements for mandatory insurance coverage of in vitro fertilization procedures to create parity of coverage for same-sex couples, unmarried women, and male-female couples for whom male infertility is the relevant factor.	HHS, CPC, FIN
HB665, HD2	RELATING TO VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE. Requires health insurance coverage for case management services by licensed mental health providers for victims of sexual violence. (HB665 HD2)	HHS, CPC, FIN
HB666	RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Limits initial prescriptions for opioids and benzodiazepines to a maximum of seven consecutive days.	HHS, JUD
HB667, HD1	RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires execution of an informed consent agreement between a patient and prescriber of opioids in circumstances that carry a high risk of dependency. Limits initial opioid prescription to a seven-day supply except for treatment of substance abuse or dependency, cancer, or palliative or hospice care. (HB667 HD1)	HHS, JUD
HB672, HD2, SD2	RELATING TO SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH SERVICES. Formally establishes the Hawaii Keiki: Healthy and Ready to Learn Program within the Department of Education. Establishes a dedicated special fund and positions within the Departments of Education, Health, and Human Services to support the program. Makes appropriations. Effective 7/1/2090. (SD2)	HHS, EDN, FIN
HB675	RELATING TO CONTRACEPTIVE SUPPLIES. Authorizes pharmacists to prescribe and dispense self-administered hormonal contraceptive supplies to patients, regardless of a previous prescription from an authorized prescriber. Specifies requirements pharmacists must meet prior to prescribing and dispensing contraceptive supplies.	HHS, CPC
HB676, HD1	RELATING TO HEALTH. Authorizes pharmacists to administer the human papillomavirus, meningococcal, influenza, or tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis vaccines to persons between eleven and seventeen years of age pursuant to a prescription issued by the person's primary care provider. (HB676 HD1)	HHS, CPC
HB677	RELATING TO IN VITRO FERTILIZATION INSURANCE COVERAGE. Amends insurance coverage requirements for in vitro fertilization to allow for expanded applicability.	HHS, CPC, FIN
HB687	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Adopts provisions from the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act relating to the extension of dependent coverage and the prohibition of preexisting condition exclusions. Takes effect upon the repeal of the federal act.	HHS, CPC, FIN
HB694	RELATING TO HEALTH. Sets time limit for the grant or denial of an application for an initial or renewed certificate of approval to operate a community care foster family home or any community-based care home or facility licensed or certified under the Department of Health. Authorizes an application fee and sets fee amounts.	HHS, FIN
HB695	RELATING TO HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES. Requires each licensed home and community-based case management agency to report to the Department on all referrals that were made by the agency, and to note in its report if any referral fee was paid to the agency, and the amount received for the referral. Requires the Department of Health to annually publish and revise a list of all licensed home and community-based case management agencies, including all information regarding referrals made to the agency and the amount paid to the agency for the referral, if any.	HHS, FIN
HB696, SD1	RELATING TO HEALTH. Part I: changes the name of the board of dental examiners to the board of dentistry and dental hygiene; beginning on 7/1/2018, changes the board composition by increasing dental hygienist representation and ensuring Oahu and neighbor island representation among dental hygienist members. Part II: clarifies the allowable and prohibited practices requirements for dental assistants; clarifies that rules shall not infringe upon, overlap with, or conflict with the duties and scope of practice for licensed professionals; and prohibits persons from employing, directing, or ordering a dental assistant or other person to perform services or procedures within the scope of practice of dental hygiene. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)	HHS, CPC, FIN
HB709	RELATING TO HEALTH CARE COORDINATION. Appropriates $1,500,000 for the public-private partnership established for administrative purposes to implement a model of health care delivery in Maui county that addresses coordination of care in a seamless, efficient, appropriate, and cost-effective manner.	HHS, FIN
HB749, HD2	RELATING TO SOLID WASTE. Requires the Department of Health and the counties to consider waste-to-energy as part of their solid waste management practices and processing methods in implementing the Hawaii Integrated Solid Waste Management Act. (HB749 HD2)	EEP, HHS, FIN
HB767, HD1	RELATING TO PRESCRIPTIVE AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS. Authorizes and establishes procedures and criteria for prescriptive authority for clinical psychologists who meet specific education, training, and registration requirements. Requires the Board of Psychology to report to the Legislature prior to the Regular Session of 2021. (HB767 HD1)	HHS, FIN
HB779	RELATING TO VACCINES. Exempts from vaccination, revaccination, or immunization requirements of the Department of Health, any person who objects in writing to the requirements due to the person's philosophical beliefs. Replaces the Director of Health's discretion to overcome an individual's objection because of an epidemic with authority to order unvaccinated individuals to self-quarantine at home.	HHS, JUD
HB782	RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Appropriates funds to improve the health care services related to cardiac care at Kona community hospital, including the construction of a hybrid catheterization lab and operating room and funding of cardiology staff positions to alleviate the lack of care.	HHS, FIN
HB797	RELATING TO PHARMACISTS. Authorizes pharmacies to dispense controlled substances, other than Schedule II substances, without an authorization to refill a prescription under limited conditions.	HHS, CPC
HB800	RELATING TO MINORS. Prohibits persons licensed to provide professional counseling from engaging in, attempting to engage in, or advertising sexual orientation change efforts on persons under eighteen years of age.	HHS, CPC, JUD
HB833	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.	HHS, JUD
HB834	RELATING TO A DIABETES ACTION PLAN. Requires DOH, in collaboration with DHS and DHRD, to develop a single, unified action plan to reduce the incidence of diabetes in the State and report to the legislature biennially on plan revisions, recommendations for legislative action, and updated information on areas of need, costs, and resources required for continued implementation of the plan.	HHS, FIN
HB836, HD1	RELATING TO MARIJUANA. Authorizes the interisland transportation of marijuana by medicinal marijuana patients and primary caregivers. Requires Departments of Health and Transportation to adopt rules according to chapter 91 regarding interisland transportation of marijuana. (HB836 HD1)	HHS, TRN, FIN
HB837	RELATING TO HEALTH. Makes an appropriation for one advanced life support ambulance to be based in Puna on the island of Hawaii and to be used from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., and to include a vehicle, equipment, and personnel costs.	HHS, FIN
HB842	RELATING TO THE HEALTH IMPACT OF PESTICIDES. Establishes buffer zones around schools that restrict pesticide use by any entity or person.	AGR, HHS, EDN
HB856	RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes additional mandatory elements to Hawaii's existing sexuality health education law to include general knowledge about sexual abuse and sexual assault, and the prevention, identification, safety resources, and health resources for victims of sexual abuse and sexual assault.	HHS, JUD
HB874, HD1	RELATING TO HOUSING. Requires use of an unspecified percentage of funds in the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Special Fund to provide housing for residents who qualify for Social Security disability benefits and are diagnosed with a life-long serious mental illness. (HB874 HD1)	HHS, FIN
HB885	RELATING TO DELAY IN PRIOR APPROVAL FOR MEDICAL SERVICES. Prohibits health insurance preauthorization requirements that cause undue delay in receipt of medical treatment or services. Specifies that insurers, but not health care providers, are liable for civil damages caused by undue delays for preauthorization.	HHS, CPC, JUD, FIN
HB907	RELATING TO ACUPUNCTURE. Increases, to an unspecified amount, the authorized benefit for acupuncture treatments allowed under personal injury protection benefits provided through motor vehicle insurance. Automatically increases the amount by an unspecified percentage on an annual basis.	HHS, CPC
HB913, HD2, SD1	RELATING TO MEDICAL COVERAGE FOR FIREFIGHTERS. Improves access for firefighters to comprehensive medical coverage and service-connected disability retirement benefits upon diagnosis with or death from cancer that is presumed to arise out of and in the course of employment. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)	HHS, LAB, FIN
HB914, HD2	RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Requires a health carrier with a network plan to maintain a network that provides sufficient practitioners and services to meet the needs of the enrollees or members. (HB914 HD1)	HHS, CPC, FIN
HB915	RELATING TO AIR AMBULANCE SERVICES. Requires health care facilities to first request transport services from an air ambulance that is contracted with the patient's health carrier when transferring a patient to another health care facility via air ambulance. Requires notification if a non-contracted air ambulance service is utilized. Establishes a procedure for dispute resolutions.	HHS, CPC/JUD, FIN
HB918, HD1, SD1	RELATING TO EARLY INTERVENTION. Appropriates funds for the procurement and maintenance of and training for a web-based data system in the Department of Health's Early Intervention Section. Effective 7/1/2090. (SD1)	HHS, FIN
HB919	RELATING TO REINTEGRATION PROGRAMS. Directs the Department of Health, in collaboration with the Judiciary, to create and maintain a directory of reintegration programs and services for incarcerated or formerly incarcerated individuals with an emphasis on culturally based programs and services for Native Hawaiians.	HHS/PBS, FIN
HB922	RELATING TO MARIJUANA. Requires DCCA to submit annual report regarding physician discipline related to medical marijuana certifications. Requires DOH to submit monthly report on medical marijuana certifications. Requires Hawaii medical board to investigate potential misconduct regarding medical marijuana, take appropriate disciplinary action, and submit annual report.	HHS, CPC/JUD, FIN
HB929	RELATING TO HEALTH. Adds specific requirements to Hawaii's existing sexuality health education law. Requires the BOE and DOE to collaborate to provide curricula information to the public. Requires students to be excused from the provided instruction upon written request by a parent or guardian.	HHS, EDN, JUD
HB955	RELATING TO HEALTH. Creates penalty for health care providers who fail to provide auxiliary aids or services to patients with a communication disability.	HHS, JUD
HB965	RELATING TO PREPAID HEALTHCARE. Extends Hawaii's prepaid health care law to cover qualified independent contractors. Includes criteria to be used in determining whether a person is classified as a qualified independent contractor.	CPC/HHS, JUD
HB985	RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA. Specifies that ten per cent of tax revenues collected from medical marijuana dispensaries shall be allocated to the mental health and substance abuse special fund.	HHS, FIN
HB995, HD1	RELATING TO HEALTH SERVICES. Appropriates funds to the Department of Health to allow Hale Makua Health Services to admit more wait-listed patients from Maui Memorial Medical Center. (HB995 HD1)	HHS, FIN
HB1008	RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Requires DHS and DOH to deem occupational therapists as qualified mental health care professionals.	HHS, IAC/CPC
HB1010	RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT. Makes it unlawful for any employer to suspend, discharge, or discriminate against any of the employer's employees based on the individual's status as a registered qualifying patient under the Medical Use of Marijuana Law or an employee's positive drug test for marijuana components or metabolites if the employee is a registered qualifying patient under certain conditions.	LAB, HHS, JUD
HB1088	RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Updates Hawaii Revised Statutes title 24 by: requiring health care providers to continue providing services during a health insurer insolvency; moving the short-term health insurance preexisting disclosure requirement from section 431:10-104(5) to chapter 431, article 10A; amending the definition of "perceived gender identity" to correct a technical drafting error; including health insurers as part of the guaranty association; and making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and consistency.	HHS, CPC, FIN
HB1096	RELATING TO THE HOSPITAL SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM. Continues the Hospital Sustainability Program for two years. Appropriates funds out of the Hospital Sustainability Program Special Fund for fiscal years 2017-2018 and 2018-2019.	HHS, FIN
HB1097	RELATING TO THE NURSING FACILITY SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM. Continues the nursing facility sustainability program for one additional year. Appropriates funds out of the nursing facility sustainability program special fund for fiscal year 2017-2018.	HHS, FIN
HB1104	RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE EXEMPTION FOR THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY PROGRAM. Extends exemption from civil service for medical marijuana dispensary program staff in the Department of Health hired after July 1, 2015, to June 30, 2020.	HHS/LAB, FIN
HB1105	RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. Repeals the Emergency Medical Services Special Fund and deposits moneys from the fund's revenue sources into the general fund, and appropriates an equivalent amount of general funds for the Department of Health.	HHS, FIN
HB1108, HD1	RELATING TO PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS. Limits the exemption from parking meter fees to drivers with a disability who are unable to operate a parking meter because of the driver's disability and who display a distinguishing parking permit or decal that so indicates. Clarifies time limits applicable to the exemption. (HB1108 HD1)	HHS, TRN, FIN
HB1109, HD1	RELATING TO PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS. Clarifies the authority of law enforcement officers or commissioned volunteer enforcement officers to confiscate disability parking permits that are used unlawfully. Specifies that the sale or purchase of a disability parking permit is a misdemeanor. (HD1)	HHS, JUD
HB1110, HD1	RELATING TO TIER II FILING FEES FOR REPORTING OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES. Changes the Hawaii Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act, Tier II filing fee from $100 to $200 to provide needed preparedness resources to Local Area Planning Committees. (HB1110 HD1)	HHS, PBS, FIN
HB1111	RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH AUTHORITY. Abolishes the Hawaii Health Authority.	HHS, FIN
HB1118	RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION PHYSICIAN. Amends the definition of "physician" in workers' compensation law to include advanced practice registered nurses.	LAB/HHS, CPC
HB1131	RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT. Updates chapter 329, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to include emergency scheduling as required under section 329-11 incorporating amendments made to the federal Controlled Substance Act.	HHS, JUD
HB1132, HD1	RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT. Updates The State Uniform Controlled Substance Act consistent with federal law to authorize the prescription of drugs including buprenorphine and naloxone for detoxification treatment and maintenance treatment. Deposits fines for violation of the Act into the Controlled Substance Registration Revolving Fund. (HB1132 HD1)	HHS, JUD, FIN
HB1134	RELATING TO CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. Authorizes crime victim compensation for mental health services for survivors in cases involving a death and for children who witness domestic violence.	HHS, FIN
HB1164	RELATING TO THE ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. Enhances the electronic prescription accountability system to inform prescribers of their prescription habits compared to their peers.	HHS, CPC
HB1174	RELATING TO COTTAGE FOODS. Provides an exemption from Department of Health rules to certain cottage food products sold directly to consumers under certain conditions. Requires the Department of Health to adopt rules no later than December 31, 2017. Effective January 1, 2018.	EDB, HHS, CPC
HB1205	RELATING TO SHOOTING RANGE PROTECTION. Provides protections against burdensome retroactive regulation and lawsuits; prevents frivolous claims against shooting range operators and individuals engaging in target shooting.	IAC/HHS, JUD
HB1209	RELATING TO HEALTH. Beginning January 1, 2018, requires all sugar-sweetened beverages to contain a warning label.	HHS, CPC
HB1210	RELATING TO OBESITY PREVENTION. Establishes a fee on sugar-sweetened beverages. Establishes an obesity and chronic disease prevention special fund, Hawaii obesity and chronic disease prevention trust fund, and Hawaii interagency obesity prevention council to support obesity prevention programs. Appropriates funds to the obesity and chronic disease prevention special fund.	HHS, CPC, FIN
HB1226	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. Appropriates funds to the department of health for the purchase of one twenty-four-hour, seven-days-a-week, ambulance unit for the county of Kauai and one twenty-four-hour, seven-days-a-week, ambulance unit for the county of Hawaii and operational costs for both units.	HHS, FIN
HB1227	RELATING TO MEDICAID PROVIDERS. Authorizes health care providers under the state medicaid program to ask about supplemental nutrition assistance program (food stamp) participation on medicaid certification and re-certification forms.	HHS, FIN
HB1255	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the Department of Education to develop a program to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction to students as part of the high school health or physical education curriculum.	HHS, EDN, FIN
HB1271	RELATING TO PRIVATE CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS. Enacts safeguards regarding the use of pesticides at private child day care centers.	HHS, EEP
HB1288	RELATING TO LICENSURE OF CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL MIDWIVES. Establishes licensure requirements for the practice of midwifery. Requires the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to adopt rules regulating the practice of midwifery.	HHS, CPC, FIN
HB1289	RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. Establishes requirements for step therapy protocols to ensure patient access to the particular prescription drugs prescribed by health care providers. Establishes insurance coverage requirements and standards for appeal of coverage determinations.	HHS, CPC, FIN
HB1299, HD1, SD1	RELATING TO HEALTH. Authorizes a pharmacy to provide a customized patient medication package to any patient of an institutional facility or any member of the general public, subject to certain conditions. Effective 7/1/2070. (SD1)	HHS, FIN
HB1313	RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates funds for the purchase and operational costs of one ambulance unit for the Honolulu Emergency Medical Services division of the City and County of Honolulu Department of Emergency Services for use in Ewa Beach. Appropriates additional funds for rent and other associated costs for an emergency medical services station in Ewa Beach.	HHS, FIN
HB1316	RELATING TO THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT. Amends Hawaii's controlled substances act to mirror federal regulations, which permit qualified practitioners to administer, dispense, and prescribe any schedule III, IV, or V narcotic drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use as a detoxification treatment or maintenance treatment; provided the practitioner complies with specific federal requirements.	HHS, JUD
HB1349	RELATING TO TRAINING. Requires police commissions to establish and police officers to complete training programs on cultural competency and implicit bias and racial and ethnic sensitivity. Requires DPS to establish and public safety officers to complete training programs on cultural competency and implicit bias and racial and ethnic sensitivity. Requires police commissions to ensure that all full-time police officers receive crisis intervention training related to interaction with persons with mental disabilities. Requires police commissions to establish policies for officer interaction with persons with mental disabilities and homeless persons.	HHS, JUD, FIN
HB1356	RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH, ILLNESS AND ADDICTION. Requires attending medical professionals to refer patients to mental health treatment programs or facilities when they are discharged from emergency examination and hospitalization and determined not to be imminently dangerous to self or others.	HHS, JUD
HB1358	RELATING TO MARIJUANA. Allows the possession and distribution of marijuana or marijuana concentrate for personal use; provided that the amount of marijuana or marijuana concentrate does not exceed one ounce and is used for private, personal, or recreational purposes by persons twenty-one years of age or older. Creates a defense to a marijuana-related offense if the marijuana or marijuana concentrate was for personal use, except for possession by or distribution to a minor.	HHS, CPC, JUD
HB1360	RELATING TO MANUFACTURED MARIJUANA PRODUCTS. Expands the range of manufactured medical marijuana products that may be produced and sold to include certain edible products. Authorizes eight companies to partner with medical marijuana dispensaries to produce manufactured marijuana products, subject to certain conditions. Establishes requirements for manufacturing, handling, and packaging manufactured marijuana products.	HHS, JUD
HB1368	RELATING TO BORN ALIVE INFANTS. Ensures the protection and promotion of the health and well-being of all infants born alive the State. Mandates medically appropriate and reasonable life-saving and life-sustaining medical care and treatment to all born alive infants. Provides civil and criminal penalties.	HHS, JUD
HB1404	RELATING TO THE HEALTH CARE PRIVACY HARMONIZATION ACT. Identifies the circumstances in which the State has a compelling interest in the use and disclosure of de-identified protected health information under the Health Care Privacy Harmonization Act.	HHS, JUD
HB1406, HD1	RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF PHARMACY. Amends the definition of "practice of pharmacy." (HB1406 HD1)	HHS, JUD, FIN
HB1410, HD2, SD2	RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. Repeals the Emergency Medical Services Special Fund and appropriates an equal amount of general funds to the Department of Health for emergency medical services. Appropriates funds for community paramedic services. Effective 7/1/2090. (SD2)	HHS, FIN
HB1446, HD1	RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates funds as a grant pursuant to chapter 42F, HRS, to support basic operations, staff salaries and benefits, and continued hospitalist physician services at Wahiawa General Hospital. (HB1446 HD1)	HHS, FIN
HB1463	RELATING TO MARIJUANA. Repeals criminal penalties for possession of marijuana, but retains penalties for marijuana cultivation and distribution. Specifies that the crime of promoting a detrimental drug in the first degree includes the selling or bartering of more than one ounce of marijuana.	HHS, JUD
HB1464	RELATING TO MARIJUANA. Authorizes persons 21 years of age or older to consume or possess limited amounts of marijuana for personal use. Provides for and requires the licensing of marijuana cultivation facilities, product manufacturing facilities, safety testing facilities, and retail stores. Subjects marijuana establishments to excise taxes and income taxes.	HHS, JUD, FIN
HB1484, HD2	RELATING TO ASSAULT. Establishes the offense of assault in the second degree if a person intentionally or knowingly causes bodily injury to a health care professional, as defined in section 451D-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, who is engaged in the performance of duty at the time of the assault. (HB1484 HD2)	HHS, JUD
HB1495, HD1	RELATING TO REMOTE SALES OF CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS. Prohibits the remote sale and distribution of cigarettes and tobacco products, including electronic smoking devices, to any person in the State other than a licensed wholesaler or dealer or a permit-holding tobacco product retailer. Makes violation of the prohibition a class C felony. (HB1495 HD1)	HHS, CPC
HB1503	RELATING TO WORKFORCE HEALTH. Establishes a requirement that all workers who handle restricted use pesticides are to undergo mandatory medical checks by the department of health.	LAB, HHS, FIN
HB1504	RELATING TO PESTICIDES. Relating to an air testing pilot program to measure pesticide drift at the Waialua High and Intermediate School on the island of Oahu, by the Department of Health.	EEP, HHS, FIN
HB1505	RELATING TO DIABETES. Establishes the Diabetes Prevention and Management Task Force. Effective July 1, 2017.	HHS, FIN
HB1510	RELATING TO HEALTH. Amends provisions relating to the care of the elderly and disabled in state-licensed care facilities.	HHS, FIN
HB1511	RELATING TO HEALTH. Specifies license, relicense, certification, and recertification fees for community-based licensed care homes and facilities and case managers under the Department of Health. Stipulates that the fees be deposited into the general fund.	HHS, FIN
HB1525	RELATING TO PROSPECTIVE REVIEW. Specifies procedural, disclosure, notice, and other requirements for prospective reviews required by health carriers or utilization review organizations prior to certification of coverage for health care services.	HHS, CPC, FIN
HB1538	RELATING TO MARIJUANA. Prohibits the provision of marijuana and related compounds to minors under 18. Prohibits minors under 18 to purchase marijuana or related compounds. Prohibits cultivation of marijuana on state or county property. Authorizes cultivation of marijuana on private property under certain conditions. Prohibits sharing proceeds from marijuana cultivation with criminal groups. Establishes fines for violations. Repeals other criminal penalties related to possession, cultivation, distribution, and use of marijuana and related compounds.	HHS, WAL, CPC, JUD
HB1539	RELATING TO MARIJUANA. Creates a criminal penalty with respect to the selling or furnishing of intoxicating compounds created from marijuana or marijuana concentrates to minors. Allows the growing of marijuana plants for personal use on lands zoned for residential use or agriculture. Prohibits marijuana use and distribution in conjunction with certain illegal activities. Removes marijuana and tetrahydrocannabinols from the Uniform Controlled Substances Act. Removes certain references to and criminal penalties under the penal code related to marijuana and marijuana concentrates.	HHS, JUD
HB1559, HD1, SD1	RELATING TO FOOD SAFETY. Appropriates funds to DBEDT in each of fiscal years 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 to provide guidance and support regarding the FDA's industry guidance on the use of color additives, as applied to sea salt products cultivated or produced in Hawaii. Effective 7/1/2038. (SD1)	EDB, HHS, FIN
HB1562	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.	HHS, CPC, FIN
HB1573	RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Requires health insurers to provide coverage for reproductive health.	HHS, CPC, FIN
SB7, SD2	RELATING TO MEDICAID. Requires the department of human services, in collaboration with the department of health, to review the progress of the Hawaii pathways project pilot and continue to pursue efforts to utilize medicaid to provide supportive housing services for chronically homeless individuals. Provides considerations for the department in planning for the expansion of supportive housing services provided through medicaid managed care plans. Requires the department to report to the legislature. Makes an appropriation. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)	HHS, FIN
SB122, SD2	RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Entitles designated family members and other interested persons of a person having a mental health emergency to: notice of emergency admission, examination, and hospitalization. Entitles designated family members and other interested persons to the option to be present in the courtroom for a hearing on a petition for involuntary hospitalization or assisted community treatment and the option to receive copies of hearing transcripts or recordings, unless the court determines that the interests of justice require otherwise. Requires notice of discharge and voluntary inpatient treatment when forensic and non-forensic patients are civilly committed to individuals specified in the order of commitment. Requires the court to adjourn or continue a hearing on a petition for involuntary hospitalization or assisted community treatment for failure to timely notify designated persons, with certain exceptions. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD2)	HHS, JUD
SB134, SD1	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Prohibits smoking and tobacco use, including the use of electronic smoking devices, by any person on the premises of the University of Hawaii. Takes effect 1/7/2059. (SD1)	HHS/HED, LAB
SB145, SD1	RELATING TO EXAMINATIONS OF FITNESS TO PROCEED. Clarifies provisions regarding examinations of defendants' fitness to proceed in the prosecution. Authorizes the department of health and department of public safety to enter into an agreement concerning the transfer of detainees in a community correctional center. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)	HHS/PBS, JUD
SB146, SD2	RELATING TO ORDERS FOR TREATMENT OVER OBJECTION. Permits an administrative order to overcome a patient's objection to medical treatment. Establishes criteria for medical treatment over objection and the administrative authorization process for administratively ordering medical treatment over objection. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)	HHS, JUD
SB147	RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF SECTION 325-15, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. Repeals Section 325-15, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which requires United States citizens or nationals to submit a medical examination report to the Department of Health within sixty days of returning to the State under certain conditions.	HHS, FIN
SB174, SD2, HD2	RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA. Amends the definition of debilitating medical condition to include lupus, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and arthritis as conditions that qualify for the legal use of medical marijuana. (SB174 HD2)	HHS, JUD
SB202	RELATING TO SERVICE AREA BOARDS. Amends statutory provisions relating to quorum and voting requirements for service area boards on mental health and substance abuse. Designates service area boards on mental health and substance abuse within the department of health for administrative purposes.	HHS, JUD
SB203	RELATING TO STATE COUNCIL ON MENTAL HEALTH. Amends the membership of the State Council on Mental Health, defines quorum for the Council, and specifies number of votes required to constitute valid acts of the Council. Designates the State Council on Mental Health within the department of health for administrative purposes.	HHS, JUD
SB223, SD2, HD1	RELATING TO NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE. Authorizes a naturopathic physician to prescribe testosterone consistent with naturopathic medical practice. Clarifies that narcotic drugs shall not be included within the naturopathic formulary. (SB223 HD1)	HHS, JUD, FIN
SB261, SD1	RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE TRAFFIC CODE. Prohibits smoking in a motor vehicle in which a person under the age of eighteen is present. Requires the department of health to report on the enforceability of this Act and coordination of related data collection activities of the respective law enforcement agencies. (SD1)	TRN/HHS, FIN
SB285, SD2, HD1	RELATING TO THE NURSING FACILITY SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM. Continues the nursing facility sustainability program for two years. Appropriates funds out of the nursing facility sustainability program special fund for fiscal years 2017-2018 and 2018-2019. (SB285 HD1)	HHS, FIN
SB287, SD1, HD1	RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Requires all health insurers, including health benefits plans under chapter 87A, HRS, to disclose on, or have accessible through, their public web sites any medical policies used for making preauthorization decisions. (SB287 HD1)	HHS, CPC, FIN
SB301, SD2	RELATING TO RECYCLING. Mandates implementation of recommendations made by the office of the auditor to the department of health regarding advance disposal fee glass containers and glass recycling. Requires the department of health to report on its implementation of the recommendations to the legislature. Appropriates funds to the department of health to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of combining the glass processing streams of the advance disposal fee glass containers and deposit beverage containers. Effective 6/1/2050. (SD2)	HHS/EEP, FIN
SB305, SD1, HD1	RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES. Specifies that video monitoring and recording of medical marijuana production center and retail dispensing location premises shall be retained for a period of forty-five days. (SB305 HD1)	HHS, JUD
SB308, SD1, HD1	RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES. Providing an annual inflationary adjustment in the methodology used to reimburse facilities for the long-term care of Medicaid recipients beginning with fiscal year 2017-2018. Appropriates funds to provide an inflationary adjustment to long-term care facilities' provider-specific prospective payment rates. (SB308 HD1)	HHS, FIN
SB343, SD1	RELATING TO DENTAL LICENSURE. Expands the required qualifications that applicants may fulfill as part of the requirements for dental licensure to include passage of any other nationally recognized clinical dental examination recommended by the American Dental Association and dental licensure in another state; provided that the applicant meets specific qualifications. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)	HHS/IAC, CPC
SB344, SD1	RELATING TO DENTAL ASSISTANTS. Clarifies the allowable and prohibited practices requirements for dental assistants. Clarifies that rules shall not infringe upon, overlap with, or conflict with the duties and scope of practice for other licensed professionals. Prohibits persons from employing, directing, or ordering a dental assistant or other person to perform services or procedures within the scope of practice of dental hygiene. (SD1)	HHS/IAC, CPC
SB347, SD1, HD1	RELATING TO MOBILE CLINICS. Appropriates funds for establishing, staffing, and operating two mobile clinics to serve the homeless population. (SB347 HD1)	HHS, FIN
SB371, SD1, HD1	RELATING TO THE BOARD OF DENTISTRY AND DENTAL HYGIENE. Amends the composition of the Board of Dental Examiners to add an additional dental hygienist member and specify that two hygienist members shall reside in the City and County of Honolulu and one shall reside in the County of Hawaii, Maui, or Kauai. (SB371 HD1)	HHS/IAC, CPC
SB373	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Clarifies that acute care hospitals are covered under the clean claims statute, section 431:13-108, Hawaii Revised Statutes.	HHS, CPC
SB380	RELATING TO DENTAL HYGIENISTS. Permits licensed dental hygienists in the State to operate under general, rather than direct, supervision of a licensed dentist.	HHS/IAC, CPC
SB384, SD2, HD1	RELATING TO PRESCRIPTIVE AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS. Authorizes and establishes procedures and criteria for prescriptive authority for clinical psychologists who meet specific education, training, and registration requirements. Requires the Board of Psychology to report to the Legislature prior to the Regular Session of 2021. (SB384 HD1)	HHS, FIN
SB397, SD1, HD1	RELATING TO THE HOSPITAL SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM. Extends the Hospital Sustainability Program for two years. Appropriates funds out of the Hospital Sustainability Program Special Fund for fiscal years 2017-2018 and 2018-2019. (SB397 HD1)	HHS, FIN
SB399, SD1	RELATING TO HEALTH. Ties the authorized benefit for acupuncture treatments allowed under personal injury protection benefits provided through motor vehicle insurance to the workers' compensation supplemental medical fee schedule. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD1)	CPC/HHS, FIN
SB401, SD1	RELATING TO NURSING. Allows advanced practice registered nurses with a psychiatric specialization to offer care and services to patients in assisted community treatment programs similar to care and services offered by physicians and other health care service providers. Allows advanced practice registered nurses with a psychiatric specialization to be considered a licensed mental health professional authorized to provide mental health treatment or counseling services to minors. (SD1)	HHS/IAC, CPC
SB403, SD2	RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Ensures certain benefits under the federal Affordable Care Act are preserved under Hawaii law, including: preserving the individual health insurance mandate for taxpayers; preserving the premium tax credit for individuals and families with low or moderate income; requiring all health insurance entities, including health benefits plans under chapter 87A, HRS, to include ten essential health care benefits, plus additional contraception and breastfeeding coverage benefits; extending dependent coverage for adult children until the children turn twenty-six years of age; prohibiting health insurance entities from imposing a preexisting condition exclusion; prohibiting health insurance entities from using an individual's gender to determine premiums or contributions; and prohibiting health insurance entitles from discriminating with respect to participation against a health care provider acting within the scope of that provider's license or certification. Effective 7/1/2050. Individual mandate requirement repeals 6/30/2021. (SD2)	HHS/CPC, FIN
SB404, SD2, HD1	RELATING TO CHAPTER 245, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. Requires sellers of electronic smoking devices or e‑liquid to obtain a retail tobacco permit or dealer or wholesale license. Increases the license fee for wholesalers or dealers and the retail tobacco permit fee. Applies the cigarette and tobacco product excise tax to electronic smoking devices and e-liquid. (SB404 HD1)	HHS/CPC, FIN
SB453, SD1	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. Appropriates funds for one ambulance unit each for the County of Kauai and the County of Hawaii, including equipment, supplies, and personnel costs. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)	HHS, FIN
SB502, SD1, HD1	RELATING TO IN VITRO FERTILIZATION INSURANCE COVERAGE. Removes discriminatory requirements for mandatory insurance coverage of in vitro fertilization procedures to create parity of coverage for same-sex couples, unmarried women, and male-female couples for whom male infertility is the relevant factor. (SB502 HD1)	HHS, CPC, FIN
SB503, SD2	RELATING TO VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE. Requires health insurance coverage for case management services by qualified mental health providers for victims of sexual violence and abuse. Takes effect on 6/1/2050. (SD2)	HHS, CPC, FIN
SB510, SD2, HD2	RELATING TO SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH SERVICES. Formally establishes the Hawaii Keiki: Healthy and Ready to Learn program and special fund within the Department of Education. Appropriates funds for positions and a vision screening and eye assessment tool, and to implement, expand, and sustain the program. (SB510 HD2)	HHS, EDN, FIN
SB530, SD2, HD1	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE OFFICE OF THE LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM. Appropriates funds to support the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program on Oahu by establishing one full-time equivalent (1.00 FTE) permanent program specialist IV position for the City and County of Honolulu and for contracted services through the Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman in the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui. (SB530 HD1)	HHS, FIN
SB533, SD1, HD1	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER. Appropriates funds for the Aging and Disability Resource Center. (SB533 HD1)	HHS, FIN
SB535, SD2	RELATING TO HEARING AIDS. 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. Takes effect on 6/1/2050. (SD2)	HHS/CPC, FIN
SB536, SD1, HD1	RELATING TO FALL PREVENTION. Makes an appropriation to the Department of Health for the full-time equivalent fall prevention and early detection coordinator position established by Act 153, Session Laws of Hawaii 2014. (SB536 HD1)	HHS, FIN
SB720, SD1, HD1	RELATING TO THE CONCUSSION PROGRAM. Makes an appropriation for the concussion monitoring and educational program for school athletics, concussion and awareness program for youth athletic activities, and administration of a concussion and awareness program for youth athletics. (SB720 HD1)	HHS, EDN, FIN
SB739, SD1, HD1	RELATING TO BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS SERVICES. Clarifies the scope of practice of behavior analysis. Clarifies who may provide behavior analysis and applied behavior analysis services regardless of licensure status, including licensed individuals working within an overlapping scope of practice, individuals supervised by a licensed professional of an overlapping scope of practice, and caregivers. (SB739 HD1)	HHS, CPC
SB778, SD1	RELATING TO PESTICIDES. Makes an appropriation to implement the recommendations of the joint fact finding study group's report on pesticide use by large agribusinesses on Kauai. Effective 3/9/2092. (SD1)	HHS/EEP, AGR/CPC, FIN
SB954, SD1	RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Makes various updates to title 24, Hawaii Revised Statutes, including: requiring health care providers to continue providing services during a health insurer insolvency; moving the short-term health insurance preexisting disclosure requirement to a more appropriate article; correcting a technical error in the definition of "perceived gender identity"; clarifying that health insurers are part of the Hawaii life and disability insurance guaranty association; and making housekeeping amendments. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)	HHS, CPC, FIN
SB970, SD2	RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE EXEMPTION FOR THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY PROGRAM. Extends exemption from civil service for medical marijuana dispensary program staff in the Department of Health hired after July 1, 2015, to June 30, 2020. Takes effect 6/29/2017. (SD2)	HHS/LAB, FIN
SB971, SD2	RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. Repeals the Emergency Medical Services Special Fund and deposits moneys from the fund's revenue sources into the general fund, and appropriates an equivalent amount of general funds for the Department of Health. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)	HHS, FIN
SB974, SD2	RELATING TO PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS. Limits the exemption from payment of parking meter fees to vehicles that display a distinguishing parking permit or decal issued to an applicant who presents a certificate of disability that verifies that the applicant is licensed to drive a motor vehicle and cannot reach or operate a parking meter because of a physical disability. Takes effect 7/1/2018. (SD2)	HHS, TRN, FIN
SB975, SD1, HD1	RELATING TO PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS. Establishes a misdemeanor offense for unauthorized sale or purchase of a disability parking permit. Clarifies law enforcement authority to confiscate altered, invalid, or unauthorized disability parking permits. (SB975 HD1)	HHS, JUD
SB1129, SD2	RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes a medical aid in dying act that establishes a regulatory process under which an adult resident of the State with a medically confirmed terminal disease may obtain a prescription for medication to be self-administered to end the patient's life. (SD2)	HHS, JUD
SB1221, SD2	RELATING TO FOOD SAFETY. Appropriates funds to DBEDT in each of fiscal years 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 to address the FDA's industry guidance on the use of color additives in sea salt products. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)	EDB, HHS, FIN
SB1312, SD2	RELATING TO THE LICENSURE OF MIDWIVES. Establishes the board of midwifery to regulate the practice of midwifery by certified midwives and certified professional midwives. Requires licensing of certified midwives and certified professional midwives to commence beginning on July 1, 2020. Requires the department of commerce and consumer affairs to convene a working group of interested stakeholders and submit a report to the legislature. Effective July 1, 2050. (SD2)	HHS, CPC, FIN