Kupuna Caucus
Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To Hearing Aids. [SB-2439]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Disabilities ]
Requires health insurance policies and contracts issued on or after 01/01/2023 to provide coverage for the cost of hearing aids at a minimum of $1,500 per hearing aid for each hearing-impaired ear every thirty-six months. Effective 01/01/2023. (SD2)
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Relating To Long-term Care Insurance. [SB-836]
[Insurance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requires the thirty-day lapse or termination notices for long-term care policies to be sent by certified mail, priority mail, or commercial delivery service, or other method of delivery requiring proof of delivery.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To Hearing Aids. [SB-539]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Disabilities ]
Requires health insurance policies and contracts issued after 12/31/21 to provide coverage for the cost of hearing aids at a minimum of $1,500 per hearing aid for each hearing-impaired ear every thirty-six months in their base plans. Exempts mandatory health care coverage from impact assessment report.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To Services For Kupuna. [HB-491]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Allows the executive office of aging to relax the thirty-hour employment requirement for qualified caregivers under the Kupuna Caregivers Program during a state-declared state of emergency. Adds the option of kupuna caregiver-directed services to the kupuna caregivers program. Includes assisting the care recipient and caregiver with the enrollment process as the duty of a coach. Allows funds under the Kupuna Caregivers Program to be issued to the care recipient's financial management service provider.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To Services For Kupuna. [SB-838]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Allows the executive office of aging to relax the thirty-hour employment requirement for qualified caregivers under the kupuna caregivers program during a governor-declared state of emergency. Allows the kupuna caregivers program to be delivered through either traditional service delivery or kupuna caregiver-directed services. Clarifies that coaches and service providers shall be mandated reporters who have received adult protective services training. Expands the duties of a coach to include assisting the care recipient and caregiver with the enrollment
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To Long-term Care Insurance. [HB-489]
[Insurance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requires the thirty-day lapse or termination notices for long-term care policies to be sent by certified mail, priority mail, or commercial delivery service, or other method of delivery requiring proof of delivery.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To Crimes Against Seniors. [SB-837]
[Crime ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Lowers the age at which enhanced penalties apply for crimes against seniors from sixty-two years of age to sixty years of age. Makes commission of certain criminal offenses against a senior's person or property applicable if the perpetrator knows or reasonably should know the senior victim's age. Effective 1/1/2022.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To Hearing Aids. [HB-839]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Disabilities ]
Requires health insurance policies and contracts issued after 12/31/21 to provide coverage for the cost of hearing aids at a minimum of $1,500 per hearing aid for each hearing-impaired ear every thirty-six months in their base plans. Exempts mandatory health care coverage from impact assessment report.
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Hawaii 2021 Regular Session
Relating To Hearing Aids. [HB-839]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Disabilities ]
Requires health insurance policies and contracts issued after 12/31/21 to provide coverage for the cost of hearing aids at a minimum of $1,500 per hearing aid for each hearing-impaired ear every thirty-six months in their base plans. Exempts mandatory health care coverage from impact assessment report.
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Hawaii 2021 Regular Session
Relating To Long-term Care Insurance. [SB-836]
[Insurance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requires the thirty-day lapse or termination notices for long-term care policies to be sent by certified mail, priority mail, or commercial delivery service, or other method of delivery requiring proof of delivery.
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Hawaii 2021 Regular Session
Relating To Crimes Against Seniors. [SB-837]
[Crime ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Lowers the age at which enhanced penalties apply for crimes against seniors from sixty-two years of age to sixty years of age. Makes commission of certain criminal offenses against a senior's person or property applicable if the perpetrator knows or reasonably should know the senior victim's age. Effective 1/1/2022.
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Hawaii 2021 Regular Session
Relating To Services For Kupuna. [SB-838]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Allows the executive office of aging to relax the thirty-hour employment requirement for qualified caregivers under the kupuna caregivers program during a governor-declared state of emergency. Allows the kupuna caregivers program to be delivered through either traditional service delivery or kupuna caregiver-directed services. Clarifies that coaches and service providers shall be mandated reporters who have received adult protective services training. Expands the duties of a coach to include assisting the care recipient and caregiver with the enrollment
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Hawaii 2021 Regular Session
Relating To Crimes Against Seniors. [HB-490]
[Crime ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Lowers the age at which enhanced penalties apply for crimes against seniors from sixty-two years of age to sixty years of age. Makes commission of certain criminal offenses against a senior's person or property applicable if the perpetrator knows or reasonably should know the senior victim's age. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2021 Regular Session
Relating To Long-term Care Insurance. [HB-489]
[Insurance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requires the thirty-day lapse or termination notices for long-term care policies to be sent by certified mail, priority mail, or commercial delivery service, or other method of delivery requiring proof of delivery.
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Hawaii 2021 Regular Session
Relating To Services For Kupuna. [HB-491]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Allows the executive office of aging to relax the thirty-hour employment requirement for qualified caregivers under the Kupuna Caregivers Program during a state-declared state of emergency. Adds the option of kupuna caregiver-directed services to the kupuna caregivers program. Includes assisting the care recipient and caregiver with the enrollment process as the duty of a coach. Allows funds under the Kupuna Caregivers Program to be issued to the care recipient's financial management service provider.
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Hawaii 2021 Regular Session
Relating To Hearing Aids. [SB-539]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Disabilities ]
Requires health insurance policies and contracts issued after 12/31/21 to provide coverage for the cost of hearing aids at a minimum of $1,500 per hearing aid for each hearing-impaired ear every thirty-six months in their base plans. Exempts mandatory health care coverage from impact assessment report.
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Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Relating To Homelessness. [SB-1031]
[Housing ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
[Poverty ]
Establishes the long-term rental assistance pilot program to be administered by the Hawaii Public Housing Authority for individuals over sixty years old who are homeless, or at imminent risk of becoming homeless. Appropriates funds. (SB1031 HD1)
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Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Relating To Active Aging. [SB-1030]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Funding ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Requires the executive office on aging to coordinate with the University of Hawaii center on aging to implement an active aging initiative. Establishes an active aging advisory committee. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Relating To Aging. [SB-1029]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Human Services ]
Requires the policy advisory board for elder affairs to establish quorum requirements through its bylaws and post its bylaws on the executive office on aging's website. Specifies that a majority of currently serving members, but no fewer than eight, shall constitute quorum. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Relating To Retirement Savings. [SB-1028]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Retirement ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Pensions ]
[Small Business ]
[Funding ]
Requires the legislative reference bureau to conduct a feasibility study to determine the feasibility of establishing a Hawaii retirement savings program. Subject to a positive finding in the feasibility study, establishes the Hawaii retirement savings board to establish, implement, and maintain the Hawaii retirement savings program to cover private sector employees who are not provided a retirement savings plan by their employers. Appropriates funds to the legislative reference bureau to conduct a market analysis. Prohibits employers that offer
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