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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AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Friday, February 7, 2025 |
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8:45AM |
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VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE Conference Room 329 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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A M E N D E D A G E N D A
The following measure(s) has been ADDED to the agenda for decision making only: HB715
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RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Adopts the Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act (2023) with amendments to replace chapters 327E and 327G, HRS. Effective 1/1/2026.
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RELATING TO CERTIFIED CAREGIVERS. Lowers the minimum age that a certified caregiver for an adult foster home must be from twenty-one to eighteen.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO MEDICAID THIRD PARTY LIABILITY. Amends third party liability provisions for medical assistance program claims for payment as required under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Exempts graduates from international medical schools from the residency requirements for medical licensure if the applicant has had at least one year of fellowship training in a program whose parent program or hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, American Osteopathic Association, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, or College of Family Physicians of Canada. Authorizes the board to waive the residency requirements if the applicant has graduated from a foreign medical school, passed the USMLE, and practices in a specialty that no other licensed physician in the State practices in.
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RELATING TO FERAL ANIMALS. Appropriates funds to the City and County of Honolulu for the expansion of the feral chicken program and the Vector Control Branch of the Department of Health for a statewide education campaign for the feeding of feral animals.
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RELATING TO MANUFACTURED HEMP PRODUCTS. Establishes a minimum age requirement for the sale of manufactured hemp products.
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RELATING TO NUISANCES. Clarifies that the Department of Health has the legal authority and obligation to prevent and address nuisances that affect environmental health or public health, or both.
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RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. Allows a patient seen in-person by another health care provider in the same medical group as the prescribing physician to be prescribed an opiate prescription for a three-day supply or less via telehealth.
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Authorizes health care practitioners to make undesignated prescriptions of epinephrine for the purpose of stocking a supply at various types of businesses and state and county government offices, including public schools.
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RELATING TO VIRAL HEPATITIS. Establishes and appropriates moneys for a hepatitis prevention program within the Department of Health. Repeals section 325-91, HRS.
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RELATING TO UNIVERSAL IMMUNIZATION FUNDING PROGRAM. Establishes the Universal Immunization Purchase Special Fund into which the fees will be deposited to finance the distribution of immunizations free of charge to qualifying healthcare providers.
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RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Directs the Department of Health to purchase and store a 1 year supply of mifepristone by working with 1 or more pharmacies in the State. Appropriates moneys.
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RELATING TO NON-MEDICAL EXEMPTIONS TO IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS. Repeals the non-medical exemption from immunization requirements.
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DECISION MAKING
The following measure(s) were previously heard on Wednesday February 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM. No public testimony will be accepted.
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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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DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
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FOR AMENDED NOTICES: Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are bolded.
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________________________________________ Rep. Gregg Takayama Chair |