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HB842 • 2026

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

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Sponsor
GARRETT, AMATO, KILA, OLDS, SOUZA
Last action
2025-12-08
Official status
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill's official text indicates an unusual future date of July 1, 3000, which seems incorrect and may need clarification.

Funding Mental Health Support at UH

This bill provides money to the University of Hawaii at Manoa to create three new permanent full-time mental health practitioner positions.

What This Bill Does

  • Appropriates funds from the state budget for two fiscal years to establish additional permanent mental health practitioner positions within the Counseling and Student Development Center at UH.
  • The bill establishes three new full-time equivalent (FTE) mental health practitioner positions.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Students of the University of Hawaii at Manoa
  • Mental health workers hired by the university

Terms To Know

FTE
Full-Time Equivalent, which means a full-time job.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify the exact amount of money to be appropriated each year.
  • It is unclear if and when the bill will become law in its current form.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HD1

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Hawaii published version HD1

Plain English: This amendment allocates money to the University of Hawaii to hire more mental health professionals to help students.

  • The amendment provides funding for the University of Hawaii to create new full-time positions for mental health practitioners within its counseling and student development center.
  • The exact amount of money allocated is not specified in the provided text, only that it will be 'so much thereof as may be necessary'.
  • The amendment specifies an effective date of July 1, 3000, which seems unusual and might indicate a placeholder or error.

Bill History

  1. 2025-12-08 D

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

  2. 2025-02-11 H

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (4) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).

  3. 2025-02-11 H

    Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 406) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  4. 2025-02-07 H

    The committee on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Garrett, Amato, Kapela, Kila, La Chica, Olds, Sayama, Woodson, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Evslin, Muraoka.

  5. 2025-02-04 H

    Bill scheduled to be heard by HED on Friday, 02-07-25 2:00PM in University of Hawaii at Manoa, Bachman Hall, Board of Regents Conference Room 106, 2444 Dole Street VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  6. 2025-01-23 H

    Referred to HED, FIN, referral sheet 3

  7. 2025-01-23 H

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  8. 2025-01-21 H

    Pending introduction.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.
UH; Mental Health Practitioners; Division of Student Success; Counseling and Student Development Center; Appropriation ($)
Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii at Manoa to establish additional permanent mental health practitioner positions within the Division of Student Success' Counseling and Student Development Center. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Current Bill Text

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HB842

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

842

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING
TO MENTAL HEALTH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII
.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

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SECTION 1.
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There is
appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of
$ or so much
thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2025-2026 and the same sum or so
much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2026-2027 for the
establishment of three additional permanent full-time equivalent (3.0 FTE)
mental health practitioner positions within the counseling and student
development center of the university of Hawaii's division of student success.

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The sums

appropriated shall be expended by the university of Hawaii for the
purposes of this Act.

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SECTION 2.
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This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

UH;
Mental Health Practitioners; Division of Student Success; Counseling and
Student Development Center; Appropriations

Description:

Appropriates
funds to the University of Hawaii at Manoa to establish three additional
permanent mental health practitioner positions within the Division of Student
Success' Counseling and Student Development Center.

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