Health Care & Reproductive Rights
The Indivisible Hawaii (IH) Healthcare Team was formed to advocate for progressive solutions to the problem of a growing shortage of health providers and services in Hawaii, especially on Neighbor Islands. We are a new team, formed in mid-2023, and composed of grassroots advocates with deep professional and lived experience with Hawaii’s health care system. Those of us who are Neighbor Island residents live with the day-to-day reality of scarce health resources. Meetings are held monthly via Zoom. The team is currently focused on 3 areas of research, collaboration and action:
- Addressing the health provider shortage via tax credits and tax exemptions for medicine and medical care; Increasing reimbursement rates for health care providers; and Creating incentives for health practitioners to work in underserved areas of Hawai’i.
- Increasing access to abortion and other reproductive health services, esp. on Neighbor Islands.
- Supporting the development of one rural community health model: the Puna Community Medical Center, in order to serve the fastest growing and most populous community on Hawai’i Island. https://www.pcmcf.com/
2024 LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY BILLS
| HB1966 Marten, Amato, Belatti, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Hussey-Burdick, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kahaloa, Kapela, Kobayashi, La Chica, Lamosao, Lowen, Martinez, Miyake, M. Mizuno, Morikawa, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Perruso, Poepoe, Sayama, Takayama, Takenouchi, Tam, Tarnas 1/22 introduced 1/24 HLT, CPC, FIN1/31/24 HLT 8:30a CR3292/2 HLT deferred | SB2605 Kidani, Chang, Decoite, Fukunaga, Hashimoto, McKelvey, San Buenaventura /19 introduced /24 HHS/LBT, CPN/WAM1/31 HHS, CPN/WAM |
| HB2627 Belatti, Amato, Marten 1/24 introduced 1/26 HLT/HUS, FIN | SB2169 Inouye, Aquino, Chang, Fevella, Hashimoto, Kanuha, Kidani, McKelvey, San Buenaventura, Shimabukuro, Fukunaga1/18 introduced1/18 HHS, WAM/CPN |
| HB553 Kapela, Amato, Cochran, Ganaden, Garrett, Hussey-Burdick, Nakashima, Perruso, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Tam1/23/23 introduced1/27 HLT, FIN12/11 carried over to 2024 | X |
| HB1566 not listed as equivalent to ->Tarnas, Amato, Belatti, Cochran, Ganaden, Kapela, Kitagawa, Kobayashi, Marten, Matayoshi, Nakashima, Nishimoto, Perruso, Poepoe, Souza, Takayama, Tam, Todd, Matsumoto1/17 introduced1/24 JHA/HLT2/6 JHA/HLT 2p CR325 | SB 2696 Lee, Chang, McKelvey, Fukunaga, Kidani, San Buenaventura, Wakai1/19 introduced1/24 CPN/HHS, JDC |
| HR1 Belatti, Amato, Cochran, Garrett, Hussey-Burdick, Ichiyama, Kahaloa, Kapela, Kobayashi, La Chica, Lowen, Marten, Martinez, Matsumoto, Mizuno, Morikawa, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Perruso, Poepoe, Souza, Takayama, Takenouchi, Tam, Tarnas Not yet introduced HCR5 Belatti, Amato, Cochran, Garrett, Hussey-Burdick, Ichiyama, Kahaloa, Kapela, Kobayashi, La Chica, Lowen, Marten, Martinez, Matsumoto, Mizuno, Morikawa, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Perruso, Poepoe, Souza, Takayama, Takenouchi, Tam, Tarnas Not yet introduced | X |
| HCR6 Takenouchi, Amato, Belatti, Cochran, Evslin, Garrett, Hussey-Burdick, Ichiyama, Kahaloa, Kapela, Kobayashi, La Chica, Lowen, Marten, Martinez, Mizuno, Morikawa, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Perruso, Poepoe, Souza, Takayama, Tam, Tarnas Not yet introduced | X |
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| Leads: | Doris |
| Email: | northhawaii@indivisiblehawaii.org |
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Partners:
As a new team, we are currently building collaborative partnerships with other advocacy groups, organizations, and policy makers in order to more effectively address this complex and critical issue for Hawaii people.