HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2025
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Rep. Gregg Takayama, Chair |
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Rep. Sue L. Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Terez Amato |
Rep. Jenna Takenouchi |
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Rep. Cory M. Chun |
Rep. David Alcos III |
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Rep. Lisa Marten |
Rep. Diamond Garcia |
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Rep. Ikaika Olds |
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NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 |
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9:30AM |
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VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE Conference Room 329 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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A G E N D A
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RELATING TO AVIAN INFLUENZA. Appropriates funds to the Department of Health and Department of Agriculture to prevent, monitor, and respond to avian influenza in Hawaii.
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HLT, AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO CANCER. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii Cancer Center to conduct a multiethnic cohort study focusing on the social determinants of health, lifestyles, environmental exposures, and resilience factors of Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, and Filipinos, including an analysis of the health effects and risks of individuals living in close proximity to landfills in Nanakuli, Oahu. Requires the University of Hawaii Cancer Center to seek federal funding to complete the study.
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HLT, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO LOAN REPAYMENT FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS. Appropriates funds for the Healthcare Education Loan Repayment Program.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO FALL PREVENTION. Appropriates funds to the Department of Health to fund one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) fall prevention and early detection coordinator position.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO MARRIAGE OF MINORS. Raises the minimum age to enter into marriage from sixteen to eighteen years of age. Repeals the authority of parents and the family court to consent to a minor's marriage. Repeals spousal cohabitation after the parties attain legal age as an exception for an annulment based on nonage. Makes conforming amendments.
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HLT, JHA |
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST HAWAII ISLAND COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Hawaii Island Community Health Center to purchase or lease land on the island of Hawaii and develop primary care health care facilities.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Makes an appropriation for the operation of an additional ambulance for the island of Hawaii to be based in Makalei.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO VITAL STATISTICS. Requires the Department of Health to issue a certificate of stillbirth, upon request of the parent or parents named on a fetal death certificate issued in the case of a stillbirth. Appropriates funds.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO EXCITED DELIRIUM. Prohibits excited delirium from being recognized as a valid medical diagnosis or cause of death in the State. Prohibits a local health officer or local agent of the Department of Health from stating on a certificate of death or in any report that the cause of death was excited delirium. Prohibits law enforcement officers from using the term excited delirium to describe an individual in an incident report. Establishes a new Hawaii Rule of Evidence that deems evidence that a person experienced or suffered an excited delirium inadmissible in a civil action.
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RELATING TO STATE LICENSED CARE FACILITIES. Requires the Department of Health to post on its website an easily understandable, searchable, and sortable list of all state-licensed care facilities including information on their licenses and inspections. Requires that the list be updated within five days of any change in its information.
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE. Authorizes emergency medical technicians in the State to administer buprenorphine after the administration of an opioid antagonist during an opioid-related drug overdose response. Requires the Department of Health to adopt rules, allocate resources for EMT training, and coordinate with emergency medical services providers in the State, to incorporate the administration of buprenorphine after the administration of an opioid antagonist as a standard component of emergency medical services' protocols during an opioid-related drug overdose response.
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DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
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________________________________________ Rep. Gregg Takayama Chair |
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