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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the board of health.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 26-13, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) The department of health shall be headed by a single executive to be known as the director of health.
[There shall be, within the
department of health, an advisory board to be known as the board of health,
which shall advise the director of health on matters within the jurisdiction of
the department of health. The board of
health shall consist of eleven voting members appointed by the governor as
provided in section 26-34 and shall include the director of [human
services] as an ex officio nonvoting member.
The appointed members shall include at least one resident of each of the
major counties including the county of Kalawao.
The appointed members shall serve without compensation but shall be
reimbursed for expenses, including travel expenses, necessary for the
performance of their duties.]
The department shall administer programs designed to protect, preserve, care for, and improve the physical and mental health of the people of the State. Without limit to the generality of the foregoing, the programs shall include the administration and enforcement of matters and laws of public health of the State, including the state hospital, but excluding assistance and care for the indigent and the medically indigent."
SECTION 2. Section 10-41, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) The training required by this part shall
apply to members of the land use commission, board of land and natural resources,
commission on water resource management, environmental council, board of
directors of the agribusiness development corporation, board of agriculture,
legacy land conservation commission, natural area reserves system commission, and
Hawaii historic places review board[, and board of health]."
SECTION 3. Section 321-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
"(c) As used in this section, unless the text clearly otherwise indicates:
"Hawaii personnel" means public health nurses, sanitary officers, and medical officers.
"Health department" means
the [board of health,] department of health [, president of the board
of health,] or other public authority authorized by law to administer or
administering the public health laws of any state.
"State" means any state or territory of the United States, or county or municipality of any such state or territory."
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Board of Health; Abolished
Description:
Deletes statutory references pertaining to the abolished Board of Health.
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.