OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
TWENTY-NINTH STATE LEGISLATURE
COMMITTEE REFERRALS
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NO. 2
1ST LEGISLATIVE DAY-JANUARY 17, 2018
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Committee Abbreviations:
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AGR - Agriculture |
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CPC - Consumer Protection & Commerce |
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EDB - Economic Development & Business |
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EDN - Education |
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EEP - Energy & Environmental Protection |
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FIN - Finance |
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HED - Higher Education |
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HHS - Health & Human Services
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HSG - Housing |
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IAC - Intrastate Commerce |
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JUD - Judiciary |
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LAB - Labor & Public Employment |
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LMG - Legislative Management |
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OMH - Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs |
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PBS - Public Safety |
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TOU - Tourism |
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TRN - Transportation |
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VMI - Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts |
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WAL - Water & Land |
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RE-REFERRAL
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Short form bill relating to human services.
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HHS |
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Short form bill relating to human services.
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Short form bill relating to human services.
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Short form bill relating to human services.
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Short form bill relating to human services.
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RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES. Applies an inflation adjustment factor to long-term care providers' annual costs or basic prospective payment system rates. Appropriates funds. (HB92 HD1)
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HHS, FIN |
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RELATING TO A SEX TRAFFICKING SPECIAL TREATMENT FACILITY. Allows the Department of Human Services to contract with a victim service provider to operate and manage a sex trafficking special treatment facility for trafficking victims who are minors. Appropriates funds. (HB125 HD1)
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RELATING TO SOCIAL SERVICES. Requires certain applicants for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits to undergo drug testing.
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HHS, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE. Requires Department of Education schools and charter schools to post signs containing the Department of Human Services hotline for reporting child abuse and neglect.
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HHS, EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHILD VISITATION. Adds as prerequisites to awarding visitation that the court finds that awarding visitation to grandparent is in the best interest of the child and that denial of reasonable grandparent visitation rights would cause significant harm to the child. Clarifies procedures for awarding visitation. Deletes duplicative provision of awarding grandparents reasonable visitation rights.
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HHS, JUD |
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Establishes a working group in the Department of Human Services to solicit donations and services and to assist in the regulation and development of policies relating to the Next Step Shelter facility and its residents. Requires the working group to submit a report to the Legislature prior to the 2018 Regular Session. Appropriates funds for the working group. (HB169 HD1)
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HHS, FIN |
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RELATING TO ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES. Includes physical isolation as a form of abuse, allegations of which the Department of Human Services is authorized to investigate and instances for which the Department may take corrective action, including obtaining judicial relief. Takes effect 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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HHS, JUD |
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RELATING TO AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS. Establishes the R.E.A.C.H (Resources for Enrichment, Athletics, Culture, and Health) Program to provide a standardized framework and funding for after-school programs in public middle and intermediate schools. Establishes a special fund to receive fees and other moneys to supplement the costs of administering and operating the R.E.A.C.H. Program. (HB385 HD1)
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HHS, FIN |
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Requires operators of child care facilities, including family child care homes, group child care centers, and group child care homes, and infant and toddler child care centers that care for children one year of age or younger to implement and maintain safe sleep policies to prevent sudden unexpected infant deaths and sudden infant death syndrome in accordance with rules adopted by the Department of Human Services.
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HHS, JUD |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Re-establishes eligibility for the Preschool Open Doors Program to indicate that the program shall serve three-year-old children, in addition to four-year-old children. Requires the Department of Human Services to report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. (HB388 HD1)
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HHS, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Appropriates funds to the department of human services to study the impact and feasibility of creating an integrated database of certain information related to homeless individuals for providers of homeless services.
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HHS, FIN |
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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.
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT. Addresses the issue of homelessness by creating a statewide, state-funded, subsidized public service employment program. Authorizes subsidies and low-interest loans for employers who participate in the program. Makes an appropriation.
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HHS, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO GERONTOLOGIST LICENSING. Establishes requirements for gerontologist licensure beginning on 7/1/2018.
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HHS/IAC, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ELDERLY. Makes financial exploitation of an elder by a caregiver a class A felony. Defines "caregiver", "elder", and "financial exploitation". Effective 7/1/2075. (SD1)
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HHS, JUD |
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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)
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HHS, FIN |
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RELATING TO GRANDPARENTS. Allows the family court to award a grandparent, upon petition to the court, custody rights to a minor child, and establishes criteria to obtain such custody. Adds criteria regarding the award by the family court of grandparent visitation rights to a minor child. (HB435 HD1)
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HHS, JUD |
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RELATING TO ORDERS FOR IMMEDIATE PROTECTION. Requires a finding of substantial evidence that a vulnerable adult has incurred abuse or is in danger of abuse prior to the issuance of an order for immediate protection when the vulnerable adult is living at home with a prognosis of six months or less to live.
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HHS, JUD |
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RELATING TO MOBILE CLINICS. Appropriates funds to purchase, staff, and operate two mobile clinics to serve the homeless population. Takes effect on 7/1/2075. (SD2)
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HHS, FIN |
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RELATING TO PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS. Requires parking placards for disabled persons to bear the disabled person's photograph and prominently display its expiration date. Establishes a penalty for using a placard after the death of the person to whom the placard was issued.
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HHS, JUD |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Repeals the requirement that all applicants for health and human services procurement contracts possess all licenses necessary to conduct the subject business. Repeals the requirement that all contracts include only costs, fees, and taxes reflected on the face of the proposal. (HB556 HD1)
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Repeals the requirement that all applicants for procurement contracts for health and human services possess all licenses necessary to conduct the subject business. Repeals the requirement that all contracts include only costs, fees, and taxes reflected on the face of the proposal.
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LAB/HHS, FIN |
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RELATING TO PRESCHOOL OPEN DOORS PROGRAM. Expands the qualifying age for the preschool open doors program to children four years old and younger.
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HHS, EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGING. Makes an appropriation to the Department of Health for the Kupuna Care Program. (HB608 HD1)
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HHS, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds for a full-time associate professor and a full-time associate specialist position within the University of Hawaii Center on Aging. (HB609 HD2)
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE OFFICE OF THE LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM. 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)
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIA SERVICES COORDINATOR POSITION. Makes an appropriation for the Alzheimer's disease and related dementia services coordinator position. (HB611 HD1)
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. 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)
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RELATING TO PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS. Allows individuals who are blind or visually handicapped to apply for and obtain a removable windshield placard to use a parking space reserved for persons with disabilities. (HB646 HD1)
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RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Streamlines the reporting requirements of the Department of Human Services (DHS)and the family courts to require DHS, upon direction of the court, to provide the family court with an oral or written report regarding the safety of a minor child of the parties on or prior to the next regularly scheduled court hearing. Provides that if DHS provides a written report, the DHS need not appear at the hearing unless ordered to do so. Requires the court to provide copies of all written reports to the parties. (HB669 HD1)
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RELATING TO CHILD CARE FACILITIES. Requires the Department of Human Services to post on its website, reports of child care facility inspections and corrective actions taken by the facility. Requires annual reporting to the Legislature on records and actions involving violation complaints. Appropriates funds. (HB673 HD1)
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RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Requires any state or county agency to provide domestic abuse intervention training to their personnel whose job duties require or may require intervention in a domestic abuse situation. (HB679 HD1)
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RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Specifies that citizen complaints against a police officer that involve allegations of domestic abuse by the police officer against a family or household member shall not be required to be in writing or sworn to by the complainant. (HB681 HD1)
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Strengthens the safe sleep policy for child care facilities for children less than a year of age, including requiring placement of children on their backs for sleeping, discussing the policy with the child's parent or legal guardian, and establishing notice and annual training requirements. Requires child care facilities to report to the Department of Human Services the death of a child less than a year of age in such a facility. (HB684 HD1)
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RELATING TO CASE MANAGERS. Authorizes Department of Human Services to negotiate reimbursement rate for case managers providing services to Medicaid patients. Specifies the percentage by which these reimbursement rates are to be increased.
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RELATING TO PROGRAMS FOR HIGH RISK YOUTH. Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services for the operational costs of an organization providing prevention, intervention, and group and individual counseling for high risk youth. Takes effect 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO FAMILY COURTS. In child custody and visitation proceedings involving an allegation or history of family violence: (1) requires family courts to first hold an evidentiary hearing on the issue of family violence; (2) requires child custody evaluators to have qualifications relevant to the subject of family violence; and (3) if the proceeding does not involve mental health issues, prohibits disqualification of a person for appointment as a child custody evaluator solely because the person does not hold a degree relating to mental health. Prohibits use of a parent's good faith allegation of family violence as a factor that weighs against the parent in determining child custody or visitation. Requires family court judges and professional personnel to complete ongoing training in the latest best practices and research in domestic violence advocacy.
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Appropriates funds to the department of human services to continue to administer the housing first program, and to expand the housing first program outside of Oahu, for chronically homeless individuals.
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Defines emergency shelter to mean a homeless facility designed to provide temporary shelter and services for up to six months. Allows homeless shelter stipends to be adjusted at the end of each year based upon achievement of performance measures. Requires homeless shelters to have no fewer than one shower, one sink, and one toilet per twenty-five residents and the minimum area of each partitioned space to be determined by the number of residents and capacity of the shelter. Establishes that the storage space at a homeless shelter shall be determined by each shelter's space availability. Removes DHS's authority to require shelters to comply with additional requirements. Establishes and funds 2.0 FTE positions to assist in the implementation of the homeless shelter program. Appropriates funds for homeless shelters and other non-recurring costs.
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services, Department of Health, and Department of Transportation to support homelessness outreach, mitigation, and prevention efforts in the State. (HB772 HD1)
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RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT. Requires certain amounts of child support moneys collected by the Department of Human Services (DHS) for public assistance of a child to pass through to the family receiving the public assistance. Requires DHS to disregard passed through child support payments when determining the needs of an applicant for or recipient of public assistance. Appropriates funds. Takes effect 1/1/2075. (SD1)
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RELATING TO DENTAL HEALTH. Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services to restore basic adult dental benefits to Medicaid enrollees. Requires the Department of Human Services to obtain the maximum federal matching funds available for the expenditure. (HB843 HD1)
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RELATING TO YOUTH. Requires the Office of Youth Services to coordinate a two-year Safe Places for Youth Pilot Program in partnership with private organizations to coordinate a network that youth can access for safety and where youth can obtain advice, guidance, programs, and services. Establishes a Safe Places for Youth Pilot Program Coordinator position. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Creates exceptions to the state building code and other existing infrastructure requirements for homeless settlements.
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RELATING TO CHILD VISITATION. Amends the guidelines for the court to consider in awarding reasonable visitation rights to a grandparent or the grandparents of a minor child. Clarifies procedures for an order awarding reasonable visitation rights to grandparents and that a violation of the terms and conditions of such an order is subject to sanctions or contempt of court. (HB983 HD1)
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RELATING TO INCOME WITHHOLDING FOR CHILD SUPPORT. Imposes a fine against any employer who fails to comply with income withholding requirements applicable to child and spousal support, or discharges, refuses to employ, or takes disciplinary action against a person because the person is subject to income withholding requirements. (HB1025 HD2)
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RELATING TO LICENSING OF AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS. Requires an American Sign Language interpreter to be licensed to work in Hawaii. Appropriates funds to implement the American Sign Language English Interpreter Licensing Program.
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RELATING TO AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER REFERRAL AGENCIES. Regulates Interpreter Referral Agencies by requiring registration with the State of Hawaii. Includes sections about agency responsibilities, consumer rights, protections for those harmed by using an interpreter referral agency to obtain an interpreter.
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Repeals provisions of Act 234, Session Laws of Hawaii 2016, pertaining to minimum standards for homeless shelters and homeless shelter stipend payments.
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Appropriates funds to the Department of Health and Department of Human Services, including the Office of Youth Services, to provide homeless outreach services and rental subsidies to reduce and prevent homelessness. Takes effect on 7/1/2075. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services for the Housing First Program and the Rapid Re-housing Program. Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority for the State Rent Supplement Program. (HB1196 HD1)
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RELATING TO APPROPRIATIONS TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS. Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services for the coordinated statewide homeless initiative, subject to certain conditions. Takes effect 7/1/2030. (SD1)
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RELATING TO IMPROVING ACCESS TO PSYCHIATRIC CARE FOR MEDICAID PATIENTS. Specifies that coverage for telehealth under the State's medicaid managed care and fee-for-service programs includes psychiatric services delivered via telehealth through a behavioral health care manager who is present in a primary health care provider's office. Takes effect 7/1/2075. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Part I: Establishes a three-year Homeless Employment Pilot Program that provides homeless individuals with work opportunities and connects them with service providers. Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to submit a report to the Legislature prior to the 2018 Regular Session on implementing the program. Appropriates funds to establish the pilot program. Part II: Requires the auditor to conduct a study to assess the impact of using medicaid funds to provide coverage for the treatment for homelessness. Requires the auditor to submit a report to the legislature. Makes an appropriation. Part III: 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. Takes effect 7/1/2075. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CHILD CARE. Provides that any person violating the child care provisions of Chapter 346, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall be guilty of a class C felony. Increases the fines related to the violations. (HB1287 HD1)
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RELATING TO THE EDUCATION OF HOMELESS YOUTH. Allows service providers to request and authorize transportation to and from school on behalf of homeless children and families.
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RELATED TO HOMELESS PROGRAMS. Amends the definition of provider agency for homelessness services to include nonprofits that accept funds without a contract. Requires annual reports of providers' effectiveness.
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. This Act instructs DLNR to create a stay-for-work program which provides homeless individuals and families with legal campsites at parks in exchange for their volunteer services maintaining park grounds.
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Establishes a homeless care residence program to provide financial assistance to households providing temporary housing and care to a homeless relative. Requires that providers undergo certification and inspection by the department of human services and caps program participation at twelve months. Offers non-refundable income tax credit for providers.
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Directs DHS to develop and implement residential campgrounds for the homeless.
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RELATING TO FOSTER CARE SERVICES. Amends definitions in chapter 578A, HRS, to clarify that any proper adult person or family, regardless of marital status, may be approved by DHS or another authorized agency to provide foster care services for children.
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Establishes various provisions to address homelessness. Increases the conveyance tax and directs the additional revenues towards experimental or demonstration housing projects administered by the HPHA and the HFDC and homeless facilities and programs administered by DHS. Establishes civil rights boards to address civil rights of homeless. Requires a survey of available state property for affordable rental housing. Requires DHS to conduct a homeless summit. Provides job assistance for homeless individuals. Establishes a working group in DHS to seek material and services for the Next Step Shelter. Appropriates moneys.
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Establishes the homelessness fund. Increases the conveyance tax and directs revenues towards experimental or demonstration housing projects administered by HFCD and by HPHA and homeless facilities and programs administered by DHS.
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Authorizes any continuum of care to offer a stipend to volunteers assisting in the point-in-time count conducted annually to determine the number of homeless individuals in the State, as a condition of receiving federal homeless assistance from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. (HB1445 HD1)
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Directs DHS to develop and implement residential campgrounds for the homeless.
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RELATING TO A YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION. Establishes a Youth Advisory Commission within the Office of Youth Services to advise the Governor and Legislature on the effects of legislative policies, needs, assessments, priorities, programs, and budgets relating to youth. Appropriates funds. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Requires the Department of Human Services (DHS), in conjunction with the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness, to establish a Homeless Incentive Program to encourage chronically homeless individuals to get off the streets by using the services of shelters. Requires DHS to adopt rules. Appropriates funds. (HB1494 HD1)
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RELATING TO SOCIAL SERVICES. Increases the monthly needs allowance for individuals residing in foster homes, care homes, domiciliary homes, and other long-term care facilities specified under section 346D‑4.5(a), HRS. (HB1514 HD1)
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RELATING TO INCOME TAX. Authorizes the counties to enact a 1% income tax surcharge on taxable personal incomes above $1,000,000 to address homelessness.
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Requires the Auditor, with the assistance of the Department of Human Services, to conduct a study to assess the impact of using Medicaid funds to provide coverage for the treatment for homelessness. Requires the Auditor to submit a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. (SB2 HD1)
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RELATING TO CHILD CARE. Increases monetary penalties for violating the laws relating to child care facilities. Authorizes the Department of Human Services to refer to the Attorney General or respective county police department any intentional, knowing, or reckless violation of the laws relating to child care facilities or certain criminal offenses. (SB21 HD1)
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO RESTORE BASIC ADULT DENTAL BENEFITS TO MEDICAID ENROLLEES. Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services (DHS) to restore basic adult dental benefits to Medicaid enrollees. Requires DHS to obtain the maximum federal matching funds available for this expenditure. (SB27 HD1)
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RELATING TO CHILD CARE PROVIDERS. Beginning January 1, 2019, requires child care providers licensed or registered by the Department of Human Services to obtain and maintain liability insurance coverage. (SB185 HD1)
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RELATING TO CHILD VISITATION. Requires a finding that denial of reasonable grandparent visitation rights would cause significant harm to the child as a condition of awarding grandparent visitation rights. Clarifies procedures for an order awarding reasonable grandparent visitation rights. Specifies that a violation of the terms and conditions of such an order is punishable as contempt of court. (SB422 HD1)
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RELATING TO AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS. Establishes the R.E.A.C.H (Resources for Enrichment, Athletics, Culture, and Health) Program in the Department of Education (DOE) to provide a standardized framework and funding for after-school programs in public middle and intermediate schools. Requires the DOE to submit a report to the Legislature. Establishes the R.E.A.C.H. Special Fund to supplement the costs of administering and operating the R.E.A.C.H. Program. (SB500 HD1)
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RELATING TO CHILD CARE FACILITIES. Requires the Department of Human Services (DHS) to post on its website, reports of child care facility inspections beginning with inspections occurring on January 1, 2019, and suspected or actual complaint violations, including DHS's findings and corrective actions. Appropriates funds to implement and comply with the reporting requirements for child care facilities. (SB511 HD1)
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RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Specifies that citizen complaints against a police officer that involve allegations of domestic violence against a family or household member on the part of the police officer shall not be required to be in writing or sworn to by the complainant. (SB519 HD1)
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Requires Department of Human Services (DHS) registered or licensed child care facilities to: (1) Place any child less than a year old on the child's back to sleep; (2) Discuss the Safe Sleep Policy with the child's parent or legal guardian before the child is enrolled in the facility; (3) Complete training in safe sleep practices; and (4) Report the death of a child, employee, or household member, and any illness or injury received at the facility to DHS within one working day of occurrence. (SB522 HD1)
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RELATING TO KUPUNA CARE. Requires the executive office on aging to establish the kupuna caregivers program, subject to available funds, to assist community members in obtaining care for elders while remaining in the workforce. Makes establishment of the kupuna care program mandatory, subject to available funds. Clarifies the kupuna service and support options provided by area agencies on aging within the kupuna care program. Appropriates funds for establishing and implementing the kupuna caregivers program. (SB534 HD1)
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RELATING TO CHILD CARE FACILITIES. Requires the Department of Human Services to post its inspection records of child care facilities that involve substantiated complaints on a public website and submit an annual report to the legislature of certain information from inspection records related to child care facilities. (SB748 HD1)
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RELATING TO INCOME WITHHOLDING FOR CHILD SUPPORT. Amends the income withholding requirements to impose a fine against any employer who discharges from employment, refuses to employ, or takes disciplinary action against any noncustodial parent subject to income withholding, or who fails to comply with an order of assignment of future income. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HOMELESS SHELTERS. Provides that emergency shelters may provide partitioned space for homeless persons or families based upon Department of Human Services (DHS) guidelines. Extends by one year, the emergency shelter compliance requirements per Act 234, Session Laws of Hawaii (SLH) 2016, for contracts between DHS and emergency or transitional shelter provider agencies. Extends the effective date of Act 234, SLH 2016. (SB964 HD1)
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RELATING TO PARENTAL RIGHTS. Requires the family court to terminate parental rights if the court determines, by clear and convincing evidence, that the natural parent committed sexual assault of the other natural parent, the child was conceived as a result of the sexual assault by the parent, and termination of parental rights is in the best interests of the child, under certain conditions. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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