Kupuna Caucus
Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Relating To Hearing Aids. [SB-1027]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Disabilities ]
Requires health insurance policies and contracts issued after 12/31/19 to provide coverage for the cost of hearing aids at a minimum of $1,500 per hearing aid for each hearing-impaired ear every 36 months. Exempts mandatory health care coverage from impact assessment report. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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Relating To The Healthy Aging Partnership Program. [SB-1026]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Appropriates funds for the Healthy Aging Partnership Program to further the program's role in improving the health and well-being of Hawaii's kupuna. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Relating To The Kupuna Caregivers Program. [SB-1025]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Healthcare ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requires the Executive Office on Aging (EOA) to develop and implement a plan to maximize the number of Kupuna Caregivers Program (Program) participants and submit a copy of the Program plan to the 2020 Legislature. Authorizes EOA to adopt administrative rules to implement and administer the Program. Changes the Program funding allocation cap. Includes coordination or case management under the scope of services qualified caregivers can receive program funding for. Appropriates funds. (SB1025 HD2)
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Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Making An Appropriation For The Aging And Disability Resource Center. [SB-1024]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Services ]
Appropriates funds to the Department of Health for the aging and disability resource center. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Relating To Aging. [SB-1023]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Human Services ]
Makes an appropriation to the department of health to provide full funding for the kupuna care program. (SB1023 HD1)
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Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Relating To Homelessness. [HB-473]
[Housing ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Poverty ]
[Community Development ]
Establishes the long-term rental assistance pilot program to be administered by the department of health. Appropriates funds for the administration of the pilot program.
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Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Relating To Active Aging. [HB-472]
[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. [HB-471]
[Senior Citizens ]
Establishes quorum requirements for the Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs. (HB471 CD1)
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Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Relating To Retirement Savings. [HB-470]
[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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Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Relating To Hearing Aids. [HB-469]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Disabilities ]
Requires health insurance policies and contracts issued after 12/31/19 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. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Relating To The Healthy Aging Partnership Program. [HB-468]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Appropriates funds for the healthy aging partnership program to further the program's role in improving the health and well-being of Hawaii's kupuna. (SD2)
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Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Relating To The Kupuna Caregivers Program. [HB-467]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Changes the kupuna caregivers program allocation cap from $70 per day to $350 per week. Appropriates funds for the continued implementation of the kupuna caregivers program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Making An Appropriation For The Aging And Disability Resource Center. [HB-466]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Services ]
Appropriates funds to the department of health for the aging and disability resource center. Takes effect on 1/1/2059. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Relating To Aging. [HB-465]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
Makes an appropriation to the department of health to provide funding for the kupuna care program. (SD2)
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Financial Exploitation. [SB-2949]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizes a civil cause of action by a vulnerable adult for financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult. Allows attorney's fees and costs and punitive damages. Establishes degrees and classes of felonies for financial exploitation of an elderly person or disabled adult. Establishes a presumption of financial exploitation.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Hearing Aids. [SB-2583]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Disabilities ]
Requires health insurance policies and contracts issued after 12/31/2021 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 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Alzheimer's Disease And Related Dementia. [SB-2339]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
Requires the executive office on aging to convene a working group to update the state plan on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias by identifying the best practices and standards of dementia training in care facilities. Requires report to the legislature. (SD2)
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Jury Duty. [SB-2338]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Lowers the age a person can be exempt from jury duty from eighty years of age or older to seventy-five years of age or older.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Alzheimer's Disease. [SB-2340]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Funding ]
Establishes an outreach program in the department of health to inform physicians and appropriate non-physician practitioners participating in medicare that comprehensive care planning services for those with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias is a covered benefit under medicare. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To The Kupuna Caregivers Program. [SB-2342]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
Appropriates funds for the proper implementation of the kupuna caregivers program. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)