Department of Health Reports to 2015 Legislature
| Name | Subject | Title of Document | Program | Date | File Size |
| §334-16 | The purpose of this report is to provide a summary of yearly data on forensic patients. An additional request was made in 2014 to include data on injuries and assaults on staff as well as data on injuries and assaults on patients. | Requiring the Department of Health to Submit an Annual Report to the Legislature Summarizing Yearly Data on Forensic Patients at Hawaii State Hospital | Adult Mental Health Division | 12/2014 | 489 KB |
| 334-123 MH-1s | Provide specific information for the petitioning of assisted community treatment including defining who may petition and what the petition shall state. It describes the requirements for a treating provider who wishes to file a petition pursuant to section 334-123, HRS, which includes obtaining historical information related to MH-1s and hospitalization of persons under an order to treat and tracking further episodes of MH-1s and hospitalization while the persons are under the order. | REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT RELATING TO MH-1s AND HOSPITALIZATIONS OF PERSONS WHO ARE UNDER AN ORDER TO TREAT | Adult Mental Health Division | 11/2014 | 10 KB |
| 334-15 SF Report | The Department of Health is submitting a report to the 2015 Legislature that provides information on the Mental Health and Substance Abuse special fund including the account balance, revenue collected, transfers made, expenditures made, and the purpose of the expenditures. | REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT ON THE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SPECIAL FUND |
Adult Mental Health Division | 12/2014 | 37 KB |
| Annual Report Substance Abuse | Section 321-195; 329-3; Section 10 of Act 161 Session Laws of Hawaii 2002; Section 29 of Act 40 Session Laws of Hawaii 2004; Section 9 of Act5 193 Session Laws of Hawaii 2014 | Report on Implementation of State Plan for Substance Abuse; Report of the Hawaii Advisory Commission on Drug Abuse and Controlled Substances; Report on the Coordination of Offender Substance Abuse and Treatment Programs; Progress Report on the Substance Abuse Treatment Monitoring Progam; and Progress Report on the Status for Establishing and Operating he Registry of Clean and Sober Homes | Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division | 12/2014 | 542 KB |
| 340B-12 | The Board was able to make progress on but not complete tasks seen as important including organizing its files/records. | ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BOARD OF CERTIFICATION OF OPERATING PERSONNEL IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES | Board of Certification of Operating Personnel in WasteWater Treatment Facilities | 11/2014 | 68 KB |
| Section 321-175 and 321-176 | This report is submitted pursuant to section 321‐175 and 321‐176, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which require the Department of Health to submit to the legislature and the governor a statewide children’s mental health services plan every four years and a biennial review of progress on the plan every two years. | Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division Strategic Plan 2015‐2018 and Biennial Review of Progress Made on the 2011‐2014 Strategic Plan |
11/2014 | 524 KB | |
| Cervical Cancer ACT 52 SLH 2008 | Act 52 also consolidated the DOH Breast and Cervical Cancer Control program and DHS Med-Quest programs into a new Comprehensive Breast and Cervical Cancer Control program. | A REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE ON THE EXPENDITURE OF ALL FUNDS FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER CONTROL PROGRAM |
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Division | 11/2014 | 20 KB |
| Act 177 Report | In 2010, the Medical Cannabis Working Group recommended to the Hawaii State Legislature that administration of the Medical Use of Marijuana Program (MUMP) be transferred from the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to the Department of Health (DOH). Act 177, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013, enacts this recommendation. |
TRANSFER OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE MEDICAL USE OF MARIJUANA PROGRAM FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH | Communicable Disease Division | 11/2014 | 315 KB |
| DCAB Annual Report FY2013-2014 | DCAB is a statewide Governor appointed board whose mission is to advocate and promote the full integration, independence, equal access, and quility of life for persons with disabilities. | Disability and Communication Access Board (DCAB) Annual Report FY 2013-2014 | DCAB | 11/2014 | 3790 KB |
| Section 326-25.5 Kalaupapa Report | The focus for the DOH during this past year continues to be “right sizing” routine medical services for the patients, continuing the transition of infrastructure and nonhealth care responsibilities to the United States National Park Service (NPS), and promoting a positive living environment for the remaining patient residents. |
ANNUAL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE ON INITIATIVES AND IMPROVEMENTS IN KALAUPAPA SETTLEMENT AND TO TRACK PATIENT AND NON-PATIENT COSTS SEPARATELY, WHENEVER APPROPRIATE AND POSSIBLE | Department of Health | October 2014 | 52 KB |
| HCR 78 | The working group was comprised of key stakeholders from across the state, including stakeholders representing hospitals, health care systems, and other health care organizations and agencies, the state and county offices on aging, the Department of Health, a member of the State House of Representatives and a member of the State Senate who served as co-chairs, stakeholders representing community organizations, and stakeholders representing family caregivers. They shared their viewpoints, examined objective data, and heard presentations from clinical professionals and executive administrators during eight meetings held over a six month period of time. | REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO CONVENE A FAMILY CAREGIVERS WORKING GROUP TO EXAMINE AND ASSESS THE ROLE OF CAREGIVING FOR PATIENTS RELEASED FROM HOSPITALS, THE STATE OF THEIR OVERALL CIRCUMSTANCES, AND THE RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY NEEDED AND AVAILABLE TO ASSIST THEM | Department of Health for the Family Caregivers Working Group | 03/2015 | 15065 KB |
| 321-63 Dental Health Activies | Project Objective: To help assure access to basic dental care services for persons with disabilities which limit their access to dental treatment. These include persons with severe chronic mental illness, frail elderly, persons who are medically fragile, and individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities. |
REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT ON DENTAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES, EXPENDITURES, AND RECOMMENDATIONS | Developmental Disabilities Division | 12/2014 | 52 KB |
| Annual Report Waitlist 2014 333F-6 | Waiting lists of all individuals who are eligible for services and supports, but for whom services and supports have not been provided for any reason, and shall report annually to the legislature the number of persons waiting for services and supports and the reasons for the lack of services and supports. | REPORT ANNUALLY TO THE LEGISLATURE THE NUMBERS OF PERSONS WAITING FOR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY OR INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES SERVICES AND SUPPORTS, AND SHALL PROVIDE THE REASONS FOR THE LACK OF SERVICES OR SUPPORTS | Developmental Disabilities Division | 12/2014 | 15 KB |
| HCR17 DDD task force | 1) Review the current state statutory definition of “developmental disabilities” in comparison to other states, and study the impacts of changing the definition of “developmental disabilities”;2) Discuss general eligibility issues relating to the current statutory definition of “developmental disabilities”;3) Identify gap groups that are currently ineligible for developmental disabilities services, but are a part of the intellectual and developmental disabilities population; and4) Determine strategies to meet the increasing needs of the intellectual and developmental or physical disabilities population including but not limited to identifying and engaging agencies that can address such needs with a focus on identifying and attempting to provide appropriate safety net processes or services to as large a segment as feasible of the identified gap groups specified in (3). |
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES DIVISION TO ESTABLISH A TASK FORCE TO REVIEW HAWAII’S STATUTORY DEFINITION OF “DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES” | Developmental Disabilities Division | 12/2014 | 1183 KB |
| Neurotrama Special Fund 321H-4 | Neurotrauma Special Fund (NSF) was established by Act 160, SLH 2002, for a comprehensive system to support and provide services to survivors of neurotrauma. The sources of funding for the NSF are surcharges from traffic citations that are related to causes of neurotrauma injuries. | ANNUAL REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES UNDER THE NEUROTRAUMA SPECIAL FUND | Developmental Disabilities Division | 12/2014 | 67 KB |
| EMS Special Fund Sec 321-234d | The emergency medical services special fund (EMS special fund), established in section 321-234, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) was created by Act 158, Session Laws of Hawaii (SLH) 2004, to provide funds for operation of an enhanced and expanded state comprehensive emergency medical services system. | ANNUAL REPORT ON THE RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURES FROM THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SPECIAL FUND | Emergency Medical Services | 11/2014 | 13 KB |
| HCR 122 | The Legislature asked the Director of Health to convene a task force (TF) to assess the scope and feasibility of establishing an emergency services patient advocate program to provide assistance to, and advocate on behalf of, patients receiving emergency medical care. |
URGING THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO ASSESS THE SCOPE AND FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING AN EMERGENCY SERVICES PATIENT ADVOCATE PROGRAM | Emergency Medical Services | 12/2014 | 235 KB |
| Trauma Special Fund Sec 321-22.5g | The trauma system special fund, established in section 321-22.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), was created by Act 305, Session Laws of Hawaii (SLH) 2006, to provide funds to support the continuing development and operation of a comprehensive state trauma system to ensure the availability of care for trauma patients in the state. Section 321-22.5(b), HRS, was amended by Act 276, SLH 2012, to include costs to staff and operate the State’s injury prevention program. | ANNUAL REPORT ON THE RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURES FROM THE TRAUMA SYSTEM SPECIAL FUND | Emergency Medical ServicEmergency Medical Services and Injury Prevention System Branches | 1111/20458 KB/2014/2014 | 16 KB |
| Stroke Task Force | Hawaii Stroke Mortality and Hospitalization, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 155 S.D. 1 | Stroke Task Final Report to the 28th Legislature | |||
| 340E-33 Drinking Water Treatment | This report covers the reporting period Fiscal Year 2014 (July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014) and describes how the Hawaii Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Loan Fund met its goals and objectives as identified in the Intended Use Plan and Capitalization Grant Application. This report also discusses the sources and uses of the funds during Fiscal Year 2014. | DRINKING WATER TREATMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND | Environmental Management Division | 11/2014 | 4859 KB |
| 349-5(b)(2) | Executive Office on Aging is submitting an annual evaluation report on elder programs | REQUIRING THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON AGING TO PROVIDE AN ANNUAL EVALUATION REPORT ON ELDER PROGRAMS FOR THE GOVERNOR AND TO THE LEGISLATURE | Executive Office on Aging | 12/2014 | 222 KB |
| Act 214 | This report addresses: 1) the development and establishment of a mobility management program and mobility center in a geographical area, 2) cost and qualifications of transportation/mobility coordinators, and logistics of developing a mobility center/program; and 3) development of a mobility management master plan for each county. | Statewide Mobility Management Report | Executive Office on Aging | 12/2014 | 297 KB |
| 321-291 NBMSP | This program tracks and follows up on infants to assure satisfactory testing and to assure that infants with the specified diseases are detected and provided with appropriate and timely treatment. | REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO GIVE AN ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE NEWBORN METABOLIC SCREENING SPECIAL FUND | Family Health Services Division | 12/2014 | 37 KB |
| §321-1.3 Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Special Fund | An accounting of the receipts and expenditures for this special fund FY 2014 receipts (fees collected) were $256,022.00 and the tax revenues were $36,573.34 for a total of $292,595.34 in revenues. FY 14 cash expenditures as of August 28, 2014, totaled $213,899.12 (including FY 14 expenditures of $196,096.00 and FY 13 encumbrances liquidated in FY 14 of $17,793.12) with a remaining encumbrance balance of $86,596.32 (see attached FY 14 Revenue and Expenditure Report). | HAWAII REVISED STATUTES REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT SPECIAL FUND |
Family Health Services Division, Maternal and Child Health Branch | 12/2014 | 276 KB |
| Primary Health Care section 321.15(6) | The purpose of the funding is to support the coordination of local, State and Federal resources to improve primary care service delivery and workforce availability to meet the needs of underserved populations. | PRIMARY CARE INCENTIVE PROGRAM | Hawaii Primary Care Office | 12/2014 | 68 KB |
| Primary Health Care section 321.15(6) | The Council’s mission is to advocate for a Hawaii where all persons affected by mental illness can access treatment and support necessary to live a full life in the community of their choice. The Council’s vision is for a Hawaii where people of all ages with mental health challenges can enjoy recovery in the community of their choice. |
REQUIRING THE STATE COUNCIL ON MENTAL HEALTH TO SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STATE PLAN | Hawaii State council on Mental Health | 12/2014 | 20 KB |
| 2015 SCMH Report to Legislature | The Council’s mission is to advocate for a Hawaii where all persons affected by mental illness can access treatment and support necessary to live a full life in the community of their choice. The Council’s vision is for a Hawaii where people of all ages with mental health challenges can enjoy recovery in the community of their choice. |
REQUIRING THE STATE COUNCIL ON MENTAL HEALTH TO SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STATE PLAN | Hawaii State council on Mental Health | 12/2014 | 20 KB |
| Environ Response Law and Community Right to Know 128D and 128E | This report complies with the Hawaii Environmental Response Law (HERL), Chapters 128D and 128E, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) requiring the DOH to report to the State Legislature on the Environmental Response Law and Hawaii Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (HEPCRA). |
Environmental Response Law and Hawaii Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act Financial and Environmental Site Information Reports | Hazard Evaluation and Emergency Response Office | 12/2014 | 2000 KB |
| 2014 Env Council Annual Report 341-6 | 1) Preventing new species from arriving on our shores and preventing their spread, requires better restrictions on imports from abroad and regulation of intra-island transportation. 2) Freshwater & Nearshore Water Management, 3) Renewable Energy, and 4) Local Food Production | Environmental Council Annual Report for 2014 | Office of Environmental Quality Control | 02/2015 | 1380 KB |
| Annual Report OHCA special fund 321-1.4 | The Department of Health is submitting a report to the 2015 Legislature that identifies the amount of moneys deposited into and expended from the Office of Health Care Assurance Special Fund and the sources of receipts and uses of expenditures. | ANNUAL REPORT THAT OUTLINES THE STATUS OF THE OFFICE OF HEALTH CARE ASSURANCE SPECIAL FUND, INCLUDING THE AMOUNT OF MONIES DEPOSITED INTO AND EXPENDED FROM THE FUND, AND SOURCES OF RECEIPTS AND USES OF EXPENDITURES |
Office of Health Care Assurance | 01/2015 | 11 KB |
| Annual Rpt Dietitian Licensure Special Fund 448B-10 | The Department of Health is submitting a report to the 2015 Legislature that identifies the amount of moneys deposited into and expended from the Office of Health Care Assurance Dietitian Licensure Special Fund, and the sources of receipts and uses of expenditures. | ANNUAL REPORT THAT OUTLINES THE STATUS OF THE OFFICE OF HEALTH CARE ASSURANCE DIETITIAN LICENSURE SPECIAL FUND, INCLUDING THE AMOUNT OF MONEYS DEPOSITED INTO AND EXPENDED FROM THE FUND, AND SOURCES OF RECEIPTS AND USES OF EXPENDITURES |
Office of Health Care Assurance | 01/2015 | 11 KB |
| 321C OLA Annual Report | The OLA is mandated to provide oversight, central coordination, and technical assistance to state agencies and covered entities in their implementation of language access requirements and in the provision of language services under chapter 321C, HRS. With the passage of Act 217, Session Laws of Hawaii (SLH) 2013, OLA was given the additional function of operating a Language Access Resource Center and a Multilingual Website Pilot Project. |
OFFICE OF LANGUAGE ACCESS ANNUAL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND STATE LEGISLATURE 2014 | Office of Language Access | 12/2014 | 160 KB |
| 342G-15 | The Office of Solid Waste Management (OSWM) is required to provide an annual report to the legislature to describe the State’s progress toward achieving the waste reduction goal. This report also contains general information about OSWM programs, Solid Waste Section (SWS) activities, and county solid waste and recycling efforts. |
REQUIRING THE OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT TO GIVE AN ANNUAL REPORT ON SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT | Office of Solid Waste Management | 12/2014 | 220 KB |
| Senate Concurrent Resolution 73 | On April 24, 2014, the Hawaii State Legislature adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR) 73 which requested the Director of Health to convene a Task Force to study the effects of the January 2014 fuel tank leak at the Red Hill Fuel Storage Facility and submit a report of the Task Force’s findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than 20 days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2015. |
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF THE JANUARY 2014 FUEL TANK LEAK AT THE RED HILL FUEL STORAGE FACILITY | Red Hill Fuel Storage Facility Task Force | 12/2014 | 2241 KB |
| SAN Audit Report 321-27.5 and 321-27 | Pursuant to Chapters 321-27.5 and 321-27, Hawaii Revised Statutes, Requesting the Department of Health to Submit an Annual Audit Report of the Sanitation Branch and Requesting the Department of Health to Submit a Report on the Status of the Sanitation and Environmental Health Education Fund | Sanitation Branch Annual Audit and Sanitation and Environmental Health Special Fund Fiscal Year 2014 | Sanitation Branch | 11/2014 | 36 KB |
| HCR 202 SD 1 (Sepsis) | House Concurrent Resolution 202 SD 1 requested the Director of Health to convene a task force to recommend ways to reduce incidents of sepsis and sepsis deaths in the state. HCR 202 further charged that the findings and recommendations be considered and incorporated as feasible as part of a comprehensive plan to be developed by the Department of Health to combat sepsis in Hawaii, and that the task force include in their report any proposed legislation. |
Requesting that the Director of Health convene a task force “to recommend ways to reduce incidents of sepsis and sepsis deaths in the State” and other related outcomes. | State of Hawaii Sepsis Task Force & Health Care Association of Hawaii | 01/2015 | 205 KB |
| 342D-82 | The purpose of the fund is to support construction of publicly owned wastewater treatment works and management of non-point source pollution and national estuary issues by providing financial assistance in the form of low-interest loans. |
RELATING TO THE STATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL REVOLVING FUND OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH | Wastewater Branch | 11/2014 | 583 KB |