SB1039 • 2026

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

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Sponsor: LEE, C., CHANG, HASHIMOTO, MCKELVEY, RHOADS
Last action: 2025-12-08
Official status: Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Effective date: Not listed

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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

What This Bill Does

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
DOH; Rules; Federal Regulations; Adoption Authorizes the Department of Health to adopt, by rule, any federal regulations as they existed on 1/1/2025, relating to the protection, preservation, care, and improvement of the physical and mental health of the people of the State that it deems to be in the public interest.

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Bill History

2025-12-08 D
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
2025-01-23 S
Referred to HHS, JDC.
2025-01-21 S
Passed First Reading.
2025-01-17 S
Introduced.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
DOH; Rules; Federal Regulations; Adoption
Authorizes the Department of Health to adopt, by rule, any federal regulations as they existed on 1/1/2025, relating to the protection, preservation, care, and improvement of the physical and mental health of the people of the State that it deems to be in the public interest.

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SB1039

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

1039

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating
to the department of health
.

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

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SECTION
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Section 321-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended to read as follows:

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Rules, adoption, effect
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; adoption of federal regulations.
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(a)
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All rules and regulations
adopted
or

made by the department of health shall
be
adopted or

made in conformity with chapter
91.
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They shall have the force and effect
of law.

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(b)
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The
department of health may adopt, by rule, any federal regulation as it existed
on January 1, 2025, in the area of protecting, preserving, caring for, and
improving the physical and mental health of the people of the State that it
deems to be in the public interest.
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SECTION 2.
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Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.
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New statutory material is underscored.

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SECTION 3.
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This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

DOH;
Rules;
Federal Regulations; Adoption

Description:

Authorizes
the Department of Health to adopt
, by rule, any federal regulations
as they existed on 1/1/2025,
relating to the

protect
ion,
preservation, care, and improvement of
the physical and mental health of the people of the State that
it deems to be in the public interest
.

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