Deaf And Blind Task Force
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Hearing Aids. [SB-1494]
Requires health insurance policies and contracts issued on or after 1/1/2026 to provide optional coverage for the cost of hearing aids at a minimum $1,500 per hearing aid for each hearing-impaired ear every thirty-six months. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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Relating To Hearing Aids. [SB-1495]
Exempts from the general excise tax, gross receipts received by a hospital, infirmary, medical clinic, health care facility, pharmacy, or a practitioner licensed to administer drugs to an individual, from the sale of hearing aids. Effective 12/31/2050. Sunsets 1/1/2027. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Service Animals. [SB-404]
Requires sellers or providers of emotional support animals or of certificates, identifications, tags, vests, leashes, and harnesses that identify an animal as an emotional support animal to provide certain disclaimers to the buyer or recipient. Establishes penalties.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Requesting The Hawaii State Public Library System To Establish A Hawaii Deaf Culture Digital Library For The Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Community. [SR-4]
Requesting The Hawaii State Public Library System To Establish A Hawaii Deaf Culture Digital Library For The Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Community.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Requesting The Hawaii State Public Library System To Establish A Hawaii Deaf Culture Digital Library For The Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Community. [SCR-4]
Requesting The Hawaii State Public Library System To Establish A Hawaii Deaf Culture Digital Library For The Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Community.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Braille Literacy. [SB-2750]
Establishes state policy to promote braille literacy for blind students. Requires the individualized education programs of blind students to include the instruction of Braille and provision of Braille instructional materials under certain circumstances. Requires the Department of Education to establish a Braille Literacy Resource Center. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To The Office Of Elections. [SB-2752]
Appropriates funds to the Office of Elections Statewide Elections Accessibility Needs Advisory Committee to provide voter education and outreach services for individuals with accessibility needs.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To The Sunshine Law. [SB-2751]
Establishes accessibility standards for the distribution of public documents and media presentations by boards as defined in section 92-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Braille Literacy. [HB-1977]
Establishes state policy to promote braille literacy for blind students. Requires the individualized education programs of eligible blind students to include the instruction of Braille and provision of Braille instructional materials under certain circumstances. Requires the Department of Education to establish a Braille literacy resource center. Makes an appropriation. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To The Office Of Elections. [HB-1976]
Requires the Office of Elections to annually request funding for the Statewide Elections Accessibility Needs Advisory Committee. Appropriates funds to the Office of Elections Statewide Elections Accessibility Needs Advisory Committee to gather information and provide outreach and voter education services for individuals with accessibility needs. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To The Sunshine Law. [HB-1975]
Establishes accessibility standards for the distribution of public documents and media presentations by boards as defined in section 92-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To The Hawaii School For The Deaf And Blind. [HB-830]
Requires the Department of Education to meet with Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind stakeholders and members of the Hawaii deaf community regarding the development of a plan to transition the Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind to a conversion charter school. Requires a report to the Legislature.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Hearing Aids. [HB-818]
Requires health insurance policies and contracts issued on or after 01/01/2024 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 01/01/2024.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To The Hawaii School For The Deaf And Blind. [SB-605]
Requires the Department of Education to meet with Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind stakeholders and members of the Hawaii deaf community regarding the development of a plan to transition the Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind to a conversion charter school. Requires a report to the Legislature.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Hearing Aids. [SB-606]
Exempts from the general excise tax, gross receipts received by a hospital, infirmary, medical clinic, health care facility, pharmacy, or a practitioner licensed to administer drugs to an individual, from the sale of hearing aids. Effective 12/31/2050. Sunsets 1/1/2026. (SD2)
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Prescription Drugs. [SB-608]
Requires pharmacies to provide accessible prescription drug label information to individuals who have difficulty seeing or reading standard printed prescription drug container labels and inform the public that prescription drug label information is available in alternate accessible formats for individuals who have difficulty seeing or reading prescription drug container labels. Requires the Board of Pharmacy to adopt certain rules by December 31, 2023. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Hearing Aids. [HB-935]
Exempts from the general excise tax, gross receipts received from the sale of hearing aids.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To The Neighbor Islands Blind And Visually Impaired Service Pilot Program. [SB-614]
Require the Department of Human Services to: establish a Neighbor Islands Blind and Visually Impaired Service Pilot Program that supplements existing statewide services by providing training and other services to neighbor island residents who are blind or visually impaired; establish a Neighbor Islands Blind and Visually Impaired Service Pilot Program Working group and submit a pilot program implementation plan to the Legislature before the Regular Session of 2024; and submit a report on the Neighbor Islands Blind and Visually Impaired Service Pilot
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Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Telecommunications Access For Individuals With Print Disabilities. [SB-611]
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to use Universal Service Fund moneys to provide free telecommunications access to certain information for individuals with print disabilities.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To American Sign Language. [SB-610]
Recognizes American Sign Language as a fully developed, autonomous, natural language with its own grammar, syntax, vocabulary, and cultural heritage.