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HI SB 2272

enacted

RELATING TO HOME HEALTH LICENSING.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Authorizes the Department of Health to accept accreditation or certification from an accreditation organization or a certification organization approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as demonstration that a licensed home health agency is in compliance with all licensing inspections required by the State. Specifies conditions under which a home health agency may be exempt from a licensing inspection on a continuing basis throughout the accreditation or certification period. Requires information obtained in reports of survey and accreditation or certification letters to be public information. (CD1)

Introduced
2026-01-21
Status date
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Latest action
2026-06-09 — Act 105, 06/08/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1205).
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • SAN BUENAVENTURAprimary
  • GABBARDprimary
  • HASHIMOTOprimary
  • KIDANIprimary
  • RICHARDSprimary
  • Changcosponsor
  • Kanuhacosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-06-09

    Act 105, on 06/08/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1205).

    became-law

  2. 2026-06-09

    Act 105, 06/08/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1205).

    became-law

  3. 2026-05-08

    Enrolled to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2026-05-08

    Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).

    receipt

  5. 2026-05-06

    Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816).

    receipt

  6. 2026-05-06

    Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

    passage

  7. 2026-05-06

    Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.

    passage

  8. 2026-05-01

    Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.

  9. 2026-05-01

    Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 222-26) as amended in (CD 1).

  10. 2026-05-01

    48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26.

  11. 2026-05-01

    Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 222-26).

  12. 2026-05-01

    The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Matayoshi.

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  13. 2026-05-01

    The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

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  14. 2026-04-30

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 4:30PM in conference room 329.

  15. 2026-04-29

    Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-30-26 4:30PM in conference room 329.

  16. 2026-04-22

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 720).

    receipt

  17. 2026-04-21

    Senate Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura Chair; Kanuha Co-Chair; Fevella.

  18. 2026-04-20

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787).

    receipt

  19. 2026-04-20

    House Conferees Appointed: Takayama, Matayoshi, Keohokapu-Lee Loy Co-Chairs; Alcos.

  20. 2026-04-20

    Re-referred to HLT, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 30

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  21. 2026-04-16

    Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710).

    receipt

  22. 2026-04-16

    Senate disagrees with House amendments.

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  23. 2026-04-16

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 643).

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  24. 2026-04-14

    Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

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  25. 2026-04-10

    Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-14-26.

  26. 2026-04-10

    Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2115-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  27. 2026-04-07

    The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  28. 2026-04-02

    Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 04-07-26 2:05PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  29. 2026-03-24

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Garrett, Quinlan excused (2).

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  30. 2026-03-24

    Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1351-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

  31. 2026-03-20

    The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Hartsfield, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  32. 2026-03-17

    Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Friday, 03-20-26 9:30AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  33. 2026-03-12

    Referred to HLT, CPC, referral sheet 17

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  34. 2026-03-12

    Pass First Reading

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  35. 2026-03-10

    Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 204) in amended form (SD 1).

    introduction,receipt

  36. 2026-03-10

    Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  37. 2026-03-05

    48 Hrs. Notice 03-10-26.

  38. 2026-03-05

    Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2849) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).

  39. 2026-03-02

    The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

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  40. 2026-02-27

    The committee on WAM has rescheduled its decision making to 03-02-26 10:02AM; CR 211 & Videoconference.

  41. 2026-02-23

    The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-02-26 10:31AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  42. 2026-02-18

    Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.

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  43. 2026-02-18

    Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2359) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.

  44. 2026-02-06

    The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HHS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, McKelvey, Keohokalole, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kanuha.

    committee-passage-favorable

  45. 2026-02-03

    The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-06-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  46. 2026-01-26

    Referred to HHS, WAM.

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  47. 2026-01-21

    Introduced and passed First Reading.

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  48. 2026-01-15

    Pending Introduction.

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2026-02-06 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • San Buenaventura: yes
    • McKelvey: yes
    • Keohokalole: yes
    • Fevella: yes
    • Kanuha: not voting

  • The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-03-02 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (14)
    • Dela Cruz: yes
    • Moriwaki: yes
    • DeCoite: yes
    • Elefante: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • Inouye: yes
    • Kanuha: yes
    • Kidani: yes
    • Kim: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • C: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Wakai: yes
    • Fevella: yes

  • Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).

    2026-03-10 · pass · 25-0

  • The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-03-20 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Takayama: yes
    • Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
    • Amato: yes
    • Hartsfield: yes
    • Marten: yes
    • Olds: yes
    • Takenouchi: yes
    • Alcos: yes
    • Garcia: yes

  • The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-04-07 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Matayoshi: yes
    • Grandinetti: yes
    • Chun: yes
    • Ilagan: yes
    • Ichiyama: yes
    • Iwamoto: yes
    • Kong: yes
    • Lowen: yes
    • Marten: yes
    • Tam: yes
    • Pierick: yes

  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-05-01 · pass · 2-0

    Member-level votes (3)
    • San Buenaventura: yes
    • Kanuha: yes
    • Fevella: not voting

  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.

    2026-05-01 · pass · 3-0

    Member-level votes (4)
    • Takayama: yes
    • Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
    • Alcos: yes
    • Matayoshi: not voting

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