HB 1210 Summary

• Establishes a one cent per fluid ounce fee on sugar-sweetened beverages sold in Hawaii, imposed on distributors and passed through to consumers at retail.

• Creates the Hawaii obesity and chronic disease prevention special fund to receive all fee revenues, with distributions allocated to oral health services for children, adult dental benefits for Medicaid enrollees, and an obesity prevention trust fund.

• Establishes the Hawaii obesity and chronic disease prevention trust fund as a separate nonprofit fund to support evidence-based statewide obesity and chronic disease prevention programs addressing nutrition, physical activity, and health disparities.

• Creates the Hawaii interagency obesity prevention council to develop and advise on a ten-year state obesity prevention strategic plan, chaired by the director of health with representatives from multiple state agencies and the legislature.

• Takes effect July 1, 2017, with fees imposed upon adoption of administrative rules; appropriates unspecified amounts to the special fund for fiscal years 2017-2018 and 2018-2019.