SB 2131

SD1

RELATING TO THE MOLOKAI IRRIGATION SYSTEM.

Amends the 2001 general appropriations act by specifying improvements to be made to the Molokai Irrigation System utilizing funds previously appropriated for a study of the Molokai Irrigation System. (SD1)

SB 2132

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Appropriates funds for fiscal year 2002-2003 for agricultural research and development to be performed by the Hawaii Agriculture Research Center.

SB 2136

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CONTROL OF FIREWEED.

Appropriates $50,000 to implement short-term methods for the control of fireweed.

SB 2184

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Appropriates $1,000,000 for continued agricultural research and development and development of the agribusiness incubator initiative.

SB 2228

SD1

RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES.

Authorizes $2,300,000 in special purpose revenue bonds for purchase of a sugar and molasses terminal facility at Nawiliwili, Kauai. (SD1)

SB 2239

SD1

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE OCEANIC INSTITUTE.

Appropriates funds for projects to support the work of the Oceanic Institute, to be expended by the department of agriculture. (SD1)

SB 2242

SD1

RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND LEASES.

Authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources to extend an agricultural lessee's lease to amortize the lessee-financed improvements made to the land and to allow a lessee undergoing economic hardship a lease extension. (SD1)

SB 2245

SD1

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE STATE AGRICULTURAL WATER USE AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

Appropriates funds to the department of agriculture to draft the state agricultural water use and development plan with assistance from the commission on water resource management. (SD1)

SB 2345

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR TARO RESEARCH.

Appropriates funds for research on taro disease and related problems.

SB 2482

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO ABATE AGRICULTURAL THEFT.

Appropriates funds to establish an interagency task force to abate agricultural theft.

SB 2665

SD1

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL MARKETING.

Establishes a 5-year pilot project under the Agribusiness Development Corporation to assist farmers with marketing their produce and products. (SD1)

SB 2666

SD1

RELATING TO A SEAL OF QUALITY FOR FRESH AND PROCESSED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.

Establishes a seal of quality program that establishes seals to indicate the quality of fresh and processed agricultural products produced in Hawaii. (SD1)

SB 2673

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Appropriates funds to the department of agriculture to conduct a program to reduce by 50 per cent the total amount of imported food purchased by Hawaii residents that could be purchased from locally produced sources.

SB 2931

SD1

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR VARIOUS STATE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for various state irrigation systems. (SD1)

SB 3038

SD1

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AN APICULTURE PROGRAM.

Appropriates funds for an apiculture (bee-keeping) program. (SD1)

SB 2582

RELATING TO CAPTIVE INSURANCE.

Increases the minimum allocation to the captive insurance administrative fund from $250,000 to $1.5 million. Eliminates the premium tax rate differential between pure captives and other captives. Establishes a declining premium tax rate schedule for all classes of captives.

SB 2703

SD1

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Increases affordable housing opportunities for elderly households by allowing persons who are at least 55 years of age to reside in state-funded elderly public housing projects and privately owned projects that are assisted with state or federal resources by the HCDCH; provided that at least one person in the household is 62 years of age or older. (SD1)

SB 2722

SD1

RELATING TO INSURANCE FRAUD.

Clarifies the insurance division's authority to employ or retain the services of professional, technical, and other support personnel. (SD1)

SB 2723

SD1

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS.

Merges the Insurance Regulation Fund into the Compliance Resolution Fund. (SD1)

SB 2724

SD1

RELATING TO REAL ESTATE.

Reduces regulatory requirements for limited-equity housing cooperatives. Revises the licensure requirements for out-of-state real estate licensees who have previously met equivalent prelicensing requirements by authorizing the Commission to enter into formal license reciprocity or recognition agreements. Streamlines regulatory requirements for condominium managing agents. (SD1)

SB 2726

RELATING TO CEMETERY AND FUNERAL TRUSTS.

Allows the Director to contract with private consultants to assist in the review of cemetery and pre-need funeral authority license applications, regulatory issues, and related documentation.

SB 2743

RELATING TO CENTRAL SERVICE EXPENSES.

Deletes from the list of funds exempt from central service assessment the Compliance Resolution Fund (CRF) and the Insurance Regulation Fund (IRF).

SB 1381

SD1

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Requires the elections appointment and review panel to submit to the legislature the findings and recommendations from the biennial performance evaluation before each regular session held in even-numbered years instead of odd-numbered years; makes appropriation; effective upon approval. (SD1)

SB 2223

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR UNIFORM LAWS.

Appropriates funds for state commission to promote uniform laws, and to pay State's dues to National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.

SB 2634

RELATING TO JUDGES FOR THE CIRCUIT COURT.

Increases circuit judges in 2d circuit from 3 to 4 judges.

SB 2819

SD1

RELATING TO THE HAWAII PAROLING AUTHORITY.

Increases the level of service of members of the Hawaii Paroling Authority from part-time to full-time; appropriates funds for office equipment and other related expenses. (SD1)

SB 251

SD1

RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS.

Establishes a professional counselor licensing program. (SD1)

SB 1399

SD1

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAII.

Appropriate funds to provide emergency advance life support ambulance service to the residents of Hawaiian Ocean View Estates on the Island of Hawaii. (SD1)

SB 2021

SD1

RELATING TO ENROLLMENT IN THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM.

Requires the DOE to add to their school lunch program application an application for the State's children's health insurance program. Requires the DOE to share the information obtained from the application with the department of human services. (SD1)

SB 2026

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR INCREASED MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT.

Appropriates $1 to DHS for FY 2002-2003 to increase Medicaid reimbursement rate to hospitals and physicians to cover medical services in Medicaid fee-for-service program; and to increase QUEST capitation payments to cover medical services to QUEST participants.

SB 2027

SD1

RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

Creates special fund to hold Medicaid prescription drug rebates to State, Creates an expansion of the medicaid eligibility for prescription drugs; appropriate funds for the expansion program. (SD1)

SB 2052

RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS.

Authorizes special purpose revenue bonds to finance health care facilities for Hawaii Pacific Health.

SB 2085

SD1

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH, ALCOHOL, AND DRUG ABUSE.

Requires the State to provide mental illness and drug and alcohol abuse treatment benefits for the children of state employees. (SD1)

SB 2145

SD1

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR FAMILIES FOR RESOURCES FOR EARLY ACCESS TO LEARNING.

Appropriates unspecified amounts to establish additional Families for Resources for Early Access to Learning (R.E.A.L.) programs and for longitudinal study. (SD1)

SB 2227

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR NEIGHBOR ISLAND DENTAL CARE.

Makes appropriation to the department of health, district health offices, to provide dental care on Kauai, Hawaii, and Maui.

SB 2351

SD1

RELATING TO NURSING EDUCATION.

Establishes a nursing loan program and appropriates funds to provide loans to nursing candidates. (SD1)

SB 2432

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR WAIANAE COAST COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CENTER.

Makes an appropriation to the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center for emergency services.

SB 2591

SD1

RELATING TO HANA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER.

Appropriates $810,000 for a grant-in-aid to the Hana Community Health Center for operations cost. Establishes a pilot project to provide case management and other related health services to Felix recipients under section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Requires that $390,000 of the CAMHD budget be used to contract, on behalf of Hana High and Elementary School, with Hana Community Health Center to implement the pilot project. Requires Hana High and Elementary School to oversee and monitor the pilot project and to convene and advisory committee consisting of community representatives. (SD1)

SB 2593

SD1

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

Makes an appropriation of $50,000 for health outreach programs. (SD1)

SB 2717

SD1

MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR SOCIAL SECURITY/MEDICARE EXPENSES.

Emergency appropriation to the Employees' Retirement System for the employer's share of contributions to cover social security and medicare costs.

SB 2753

MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.

Authorize DHS to meet its state and federal mandates to provide foster board and board-related costs, permanency assistance, and difficulty-of-care payments for foster and adoptive parents, permanent custodians, and guardians of children with special needs. [Emergency appropriation bill]

SB 2760

SD1

RELATING TO MARRIAGE.

Increases the marriage license fee from $50 to $90. Allocates $10 to the Vital Statistics Improvement Special Fund for upgrading the computer hardware and software for the vital statistics system. Allocates $9.50 to a yet-to-be-established Birth Defect Special Fund for operating a yet-to-be-established Birth Defects Program. (SD1)

SB 2761

SD1

RELATING TO VITAL STATISTICS.

Provides a consistent fee structure for permits relating to burial and disinterment administered by the DOH. Provides funds to help automate and modernize the process of registering death events. (SD1)

SB 2763

SD1

RELATING TO BIRTH DEFECTS.

Establishes a Birth Defects Program in the DOH. Allows DOH to collect data on birth defects and other adverse reproductive outcomes, and to provide information to families and health care providers about health and early intervention services. Establishes a Birth Defects Special Fund to pay for operating expenses of the Birth Defects Program.

SB 2764

SD1

RELATING TO VITAL STATISTICS.

Provides a more streamline, efficient, and convenient process for registering and recording births and deaths occurring in the State. (SD1)

SB 2770

SD1

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING SERVICES SPECIAL FUND.

Establishes the Public Health Nursing Services Special Fund for case management services in the Public Health Nursing Branch Program to receive and expend Medicaid funds for medically fragile children under the age 21 with complex medical conditions. (SD1)

SB 2776

RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

Authorizes the Department to assist in the implementation of a statewide poision information program.

SB 2781

RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

Authorizes the Department to implement and maintain a trauma registry for the collection of information concerning the treatment of critical trauma patients at state-designated trauma centers, and administer a system for the management of that information.

SB 2782

RELATING TO HOSPITAL LICENSING.

Expedites the mandatory annual state licensing of hospitals by the Department by accepting accreditation by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations as evidence that a hospital, which pays for the accreditation process, demonstrates compliance with all licensing requirements of the State when the Department receives a certified copy of the organization's official accreditation report; and holds a current and valid license.

SB 2881

RELATING TO ELDERLY CARE.

Extends the duration of the PACE demonstration project at Maluhia.

SB 2944

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR HEALTH-CARE PROVIDERS OF THE MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED.

Appropriates $3,750,000 to Hawaii's system of nonprofit, community-based health-care providers specializing in preventive care for the medically underserved.

SB 2964

SD1

RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMISSION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.

Creates the Hawaii Commission for National and Community Service within the University of Hawaii; appropriates funds to be used as state matching funds to secure federal moneys. (SD1)

SB 2985

SD1

RELATING TO QUALIFIED IMPROVEMENT TAX CREDIT.

Provides a tax credit for improvements made to federally qualified health centers. (SD1)

SB 3053

SD1

RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING.

Creates the public health nursing branch program under the department of health. (SD1)

SB 3077

SD1

RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

Requires DOH to include in standards for EMS services, standards requiring ambulance service providers licensed by the state to establish and maintain an alcohol and substance abuse policy for employees that is comparable to those holding commercial drivers' licenses. (SD1)

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Senator Brian Taniguchi