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HI SCR206

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Introduced

3/10/2023

Primary Sponsor

Karl Rhoads

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Origin

Senate

2023 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Request Hawaii Tobacco Quitline to permanently display information on every page of its website about available translation services upon request.

  • Require translated information to be accessible in Ilocano, Tagalog, Japanese, Korean, Cantonese, Mandarin, and ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi.

  • Request Quitline to consider adding hyperlinks to translation services at the bottom of each website page, following the model of Hawaii Medical Service Association's website.

  • Note that 11.4% of Hawaii residents ages five and above speak English below "very well" level, and 27% of Native Hawaiians smoke compared to other ethnic groups.

  • Transmit certified copies of resolution to the Director of Health.

Legislative Description

Requesting The Hawaii Tobacco Quitline To Make Permanently Visible On Each Page Of Its Website Information Pertaining To The Availability Of Translation Services Upon Request.

Translation Services

Last Action

The committee on HHS deferred the measure.

3/24/2023

Committee Referrals

Health and Human Services3/15/2023

Full Bill Text

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