Hawaii - Session 2026
Title: Community Care Foster Family Homes; Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities; Medicaid; Housing Access
Clarifies that individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities who meet an intermediate care facility or nursing facility level of care shall not be denied residency in a licensed community care foster family home solely because of their disability or enrollment in a specific medicaid waiver program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 0000-00-00 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-02-17 | Status | in_committee |
| 2026-02-17 | Latest Action | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lee, M., Poepoe excused (3). |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HB 1591 HD1 SD1 | Healthcare Preceptor Tax Credit; Physician Assistants; Dietitians; Social Workers; Residency Programs; Preceptor Credit Assurance Committee; Director of Health | in_committee |
| HB 1976 HD1 SD1 | DOH; HIEMA; Dementia; Alzheimer's Disease; First Responder Training; Executive Office on Aging; Counties; Law Enforcement Standards Board | in_committee |
| HB 480 HD1 SD1 | Workers' Compensation; Functional Capacity Examination; Occupational Therapy; Physical Therapy | in_committee |
| HB 714 HD1 SD1 | DBEDT; Education; Health Care Workforce; Appropriations | in_committee |
| HB 784 HD1 SD1 | Emergency Medical Services; Advanced Life Support Ambulance; Department of Health; Hawaii Health Systems Corporation; Appropriation | in_committee |
| SB 1042 SD1 HD1 | Mental Health Emerging Therapies Pilot Program; Office of Wellness and Resilience; Appropriation | in_committee |
| SB 1323 SD2 HD2 CD1 | Uniform Health Care Decisions Act (Modified); Advance Health Care Directives; Advance Mental Health Care Directives | in_committee |
| SB 1421 SD1 HD2 | DOH; Retention and Preservation of Medical Records; Health Care Providers; Repeal; Ceasing Operations | in_committee |