THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2022
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Senator Joy A. San Buenaventura, Chair |
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Senator Les Ihara, Jr., Vice Chair |
AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Thursday, January 27, 2022 |
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3:10PM |
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Conference Room 225 & Videoconference |
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A M E N D E D A G E N D A
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[Measure deleted on 01-25-22] |
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RELATING TO THE FAMILY COURT. Makes decisions of the family court appealable to the supreme court instead of the intermediate court of appeals.
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HMS, JDC |
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[Measure deleted on 01-25-22] |
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RELATING TO MEDICAID BENEFITS. Appropriates funds to restore diagnostic, preventive, and restorative dental benefits to adult medicaid enrollees, provided the department of human services obtains maximum federal matching funds available and purses all funding sources, including private grants, prior to expending any general fund appropriations.
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HMS, WAM |
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RELATING TO TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES. Authorizes the department of human services to provide housing assistance subsidies of up to $500 per month to TANF and TAONF program participants who are participating in the first-to-work program. Appropriates funds.
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HMS, WAM |
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RELATING TO FOOD ASSISTANCE. Appropriates funds to fund the operating expenses of the four Hawaii food banks contracted by the Office of Community Services to administer The Emergency Food Assistance Program in each of the State's counties.
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HMS, WAM |
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Establishes a statewide homelessness shelter and housing data clearinghouse within the Department of Human Services to be administered by the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness. Makes an appropriation.
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HMS, WAM |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII HEALTHY AGING PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. Appropriates funds for the Hawaii healthy aging partnership program to further the program's role in improving the health and well-being of Hawaii's kupuna.
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HMS, WAM |
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RELATING TO YOUTH CRISIS CENTERS. Establishes the Youth Crisis Center Branch of the Office of Youth Services and the position of Administrator of the Youth Crisis Branch of the Office of Youth Services. Appropriates moneys.
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HMS, WAM |
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RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE. Adds a requirement that the Department of Human Services expunge a report or reports when the department finds that a miscarriage of justice would persist if the report or reports were not expunged. Requires the Department of Human Services to provide notice to all parties who are placed on the Hawaii Child Abuse and Neglect Registry. Provides an avenue for persons on the Hawaii Child Abuse and Neglect Registry to petition for removal from the registry.
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HMS, JDC |
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Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
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For amended notices: Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored. If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.
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_____________________________________ Senator Joy A. San Buenaventura Chair |
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