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SB87 • 2026

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

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Sponsor
ELEFANTE, AQUINO, CHANG, FEVELLA, KANUHA, LEE, C., Fukunaga, McKelvey
Last action
2026-01-21
Official status
Re-Referred to EDU, WAM.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

What This Bill Does

  • RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.
  • UH; Mental Health Practitioners; Division of Student Success; Counseling and Student Development Center; Appropriations ($) 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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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-21 S

    Re-Referred to EDU, WAM.

  2. 2025-12-08 D

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

  3. 2025-01-16 S

    Referred to HRE, WAM.

  4. 2025-01-15 S

    Introduced and passed First Reading.

  5. 2025-01-08 S

    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; Appropriations ($)
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.

Current Bill Text

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SB87

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

87

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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