HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2024
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Rep. Mark M. Nakashima, Chair |
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Rep. Jackson D. Sayama, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Terez Amato |
Rep. Nicole E. Lowen |
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Rep. Della Au Belatti |
Rep. Richard H.K. Onishi |
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Rep. Mark J. Hashem |
Rep. Adrian K. Tam |
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Rep. Natalia Hussey-Burdick |
Rep. Elijah Pierick |
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Rep. Cedric Asuega Gates |
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NOTICE OF HEARING
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Thursday, February 8, 2024 |
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02:00 p.m. |
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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 PHARMACISTS. Authorizes pharmacists to administer vaccines to persons three years of age or older. Authorizes pharmacy interns and pharmacy technicians under the direct supervision of a pharmacist to administer vaccinations to persons between the ages of three and seventeen, if certain requirements are met. Authorizes pharmacists to order vaccines for administration to persons between the ages of three and seventeen. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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HLT, CPC, JHA |
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RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Requires the health benefits plan or plans established by the Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund board to meet or exceed the requirements of the Prepaid Health Care Act. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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LGO, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Increases the reimbursement rate for chiropractic treatments for personal injury protection benefits under motor vehicle insurance from $75 to $100. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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LGO, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW. Clarifies that with controverted claims, an injured employee's private health care plan must by default pay or provide medical care, services, and supplies pending acceptance of the claim or determination of compensability and may seek reimbursement from the employer if accepted or compensable. Establishes a penalty. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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LGO, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Requires employers to be liable for medical care, services, and supplies when a workers' compensation claim filed by a solid waste worker suffering from cancer is accepted. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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LGO, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYEE BENEFITS. Extends, under certain conditions, the family leave period for up to eight additional weeks for employees who are unable to perform their employment duties due to the birth of a child who is required to stay in a neonatal intensive care unit. Requires the Civil Rights Commission to amend its rules to include neonatal care as a related medical condition whenever certain phrases are used. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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LGO, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS. Requires transient accommodations brokers and any other persons or entities to offer, list, advertise, or display a transient accommodations rental rate that includes all resort fees required for the furnishing of transient accommodations. Requires transient accommodations brokers and any other persons or entities to include all applicable taxes and fees imposed by a government on the stay in the total price to be paid before the consumer reserves the furnishing of transient accommodations. Establishes penalties. Effective 1/1/3000. (HD1)
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TOU, CPC |
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RELATING TO BUILDING INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS. Repeals the discretion for public officials to require work in respect to any structure or improvement, regardless of the cost valuation of the work, to be subject to the requirements of professional engineers, architects, surveyors, and landscape architects licensing laws. Maintains that work in respect to structures within special management areas, flood hazard areas, and special design districts and in respect to improvements resulting from conditional use or other discretionary zoning permits, code compliances or variances, and building permit expediting procedures, are subject to the licensing laws.
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RELATING TO COMMERCIAL PROPERTY ASSESSED FINANCING. Allows condominiums to be eligible for commercial property assessed financing.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STABILIZATION OF PROPERTY INSURANCE. Amends the laws relating to the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund and Hawaii Property Insurance Association. Expands the Hawaii Property Insurance Association's authority to include the issuance of property insurance other than fire insurance for certain real properties organized as a condominium. Reinstates the special mortgage recording fee. Explicitly authorizes the Hawaii Property Insurance Association to issue property insurance policies to certain condominiums outside of area designated for coverage by the Hawaii Property Insurance Association. Mandates that the Hawaii Property Insurance Association member insurers recoup assessment costs. Amends specific coverage limits, fund capitalization amounts, and assessment percentages by deleting specified dollar amounts percentages and authorizes the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund and the Hawaii Property Insurance Association boards to recommend appropriate amounts and percentages to the Insurance Commissioner.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Establishes the solar hui program to allow multi-family residential property owners to invest into a solar hui investment fund which will provide repayment of income derived from energy services agreements to low- and moderate-income households to install solar energy systems. Establishes the solar hui program fund manager position. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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DECISION MAKING
The following measure(s) were previously heard on January 31, 2024. No public testimony will be accepted.
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RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE. Prohibits a landlord or the landlord's agent from charging an application fee for a criminal background check or credit report if an applicant provides a certified copy of a criminal background check or credit report. Requires a landlord or the landlord's agent to provide, upon request, a certified copy of an applicant's criminal background check or credit report.
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DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
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________________________________________ Rep. Mark M. Nakashima Chair |
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