HI SB2102

Requires the Executive Office on Aging and all agencies and nonprofit organizations receiving funding through it, including the kupuna care program and kupuna caregivers program, to establish infection control protocols for caregivers prior to and upon entering long-term care facilities and prior to and upon contact with patients.

Mandates establishment of emergency preparedness and response protocols, including visitation policies for long-term care facilities, to address COVID-19 risks.

Requires implementation of COVID-19 testing of residents at long-term care facilities to prevent spread and containment of the disease.

Directs the executive director of the Executive Office on Aging to request an allocation of funds from the governor's emergency proclamation issued on March 4, 2020, no later than April 29, 2020.

Takes effect upon approval.