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HHHRC advocates for policy change that will improve the lives of the people and communities we serve. We strongly believe that public health issues must not be mistaken for public safety issues and that individuals should have access to the care that they want.
Communities facing stigma and discrimination should be supported with equity, opportunity and respect. Please join us here in this separate HHHRC email list for advocacy updates, action alerts and to keep track of what we are doing to advocate for change in Hawai‘i. If you do not want to receive these advocacy emails, please unsubscribe.
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At HHHRC our advocacy leads are Executive Director, Heather Lusk, Deputy Director – Community, Trisha Kajimura and Grants and Advancement Manager, Nikos Leverenz. Together, they represented HHHRC in the 2022 State Legislative Session. With the help of the staff Policy Committee and HHHRC Board of Directors, HHHRC prioritized the following areas in the 2022 Session:
Health equity through access to care
Support people experiencing homelessness
Economic justice/poverty alleviation
Criminal justice reform
The Session turned out to be a historic one thanks to the large budget surplus and the amount of funding that has been allocated for Native Hawaiian Home Lands and other housing programs. The following are highlights of the session results:
Kua‘ana Project (transgender services) Grant In Aid request fully funded
Gender Affirming Care Act (HB 2405) passed, prohibiting insurance providers from discriminating against transgender patients through limitations of treatments and surgeries.
LGBTQ State Commission established.
Adult dental coverage by MedQuest funded for the first time in 12 years
Minimum wage increase passed
Earned income tax credit made permanent and refundable.
These and other initiatives will contribute to the vision we share with other public health and social justice entities for a Hawai‘i that better supports social determinants of health. We have a lot more work to do and plans to get you more involved. We hope you stick with us.
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I rebuilt my legislative log into a tiered tracker, using the same ranking idea as a tier list for Aion 2, after seeing MedQuest adult dental coverage funded after 12 years and HB 2405’s non-discrimination language. Now I track each HHHRC priority by implementation risk, not just votes, and note plan-filing gaps for Kua‘ana Project clients. I also joined the separate advocacy email list.
Twelve years without MedQuest adult dental coverage ended on paper, but my clinic still turns us away because the plan hasn’t loaded the benefit. The advocacy email list assumes steady internet and time to act on alerts; I get online at the library twice a week. A Hawai‘i legislative implementation tracker would help me check coverage notices without waiting for a meeting.
Привет! Очень интересная инициатива — присоединиться к Advocacy Team и помогать развивать важные проекты. Мне нравится возможность делиться своим опытом, участвовать в обсуждениях и поддерживать полезные идеи.Также считаю, что открытое сообщество может объединять людей с разными интересами, включая тему онлайн казино. Будет интересно узнать больше о задачах команды и о том, как именно участники могут влиять на развитие проекта. Особенно ценю инициативы, которые позволяют получать новые знания и находить единомышленников. Спасибо за возможность присоединиться — буду рад узнать подробности!
Kua‘ana Project got fully funded, but the 'join the list and track votes' model failed me on HB 2405. Insurers don't flag discrimination in votes; they bury it in plan filings. I built a small implementation log — a legislative implementation calculator for checking whether non-discrimination provisions actually change coverage — and caught denials months before any complaint surfaced. The 2022 session highlights don't show that step.