HI SB2240

Appropriates funds to the Department of Health for fiscal year 2016-2017 to hire full-time equivalent positions for vector control, including a vector control program manager and three staff positions.

Directs the Department of Health to take steps to fully reestablish a Vector Control Branch within the department's environmental health administration.

Responds to the current dengue fever outbreak and addresses severe funding cuts made in 2009 that eliminated dozens of vector control workers responsible for controlling mosquitoes and rats.

Effective date is July 1, 2112 (note: appears to contain a clerical error, as this date is far in the future).

Specific dollar amount and exact number of full-time equivalent positions are blank in the bill text, indicating these amounts were to be determined during the legislative process.