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Hirono Announces Over $10 Million for Co Senator …

WebASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) announced that community health centers across Hawaii will receive over $10 million in additional funding to respond to, prevent, diagnose, and treat COVID-19. The funds are available as part of the CARES Act, the third coronavirus relief package Congress recently passed.

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Hirono Announces Over $1 Million in Fund Senator …

WebWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), awarded $1,050,000 to Hawaii for school-based health centers.This funding is being awarded to three community health centers in …

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Hirono Announces Over $14 Million Invest Senator …

WebWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) announced that the Hawaii State Department of Health will receive $14.4 million in federal funding to improve critical public health infrastructure throughout the state as part of the newly developed Public Health Infrastructure Grant Program. The grant program—which is …

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Hirono Announces New Treatment in Battle Senator …

WebWASHINGTON, D.C.-. In an exclusive interview with KITV Island News’ Paula Akana, Senator Mazie Hirono announced a positive change in her ongoing battle with kidney cancer and discussed the fights ahead in Washington. Because her cancer is less aggressive than originally thought, she will undergo surgery next week to remove the …

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Hirono, Colleagues Announce Health Equit Senator …

WebThe passage of this bill would have real implications to improve health outcomes and increase systems responses to health inequities made starkly clear by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Mahalo to Senator Hirono for your leadership on this bill!”. Thaddeus Pham, Co-Director of Hep Free Hawaii said. “The HEAA is a bill that is long …

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Hirono Introduces Legislation to Restore Senator Mazie …

WebWASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined 47 of her Senate Democratic colleagues in introducing the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2023, federal legislation to guarantee access to abortion, everywhere across the country and restore the right to comprehensive reproductive health care for millions of …

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Hirono Announces More than $10 Million i Senator …

WebWASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) announced today that Community Health Centers across Hawaii will receive more than $10 million in funding from the Department of Health and Human Services to support the ongoing delivery of health care services to rural and underserved communities across the state.

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Hirono, Colleagues Urge Biden Administra Senator …

WebWASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined over a hundred colleagues from the House and Senate in calling on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to finalize their proposed rule to expand health coverage for those participating in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, crime …

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Hirono, Booker Reintroduce Legislation t Senator …

WebWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) reintroduced the Real Education and Access for Healthy Youth Act (REAHYA) to help strengthen access to sex education and sexual health services for young adults, particularly those most impacted by barriers to sex education and access to care. …

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Hirono Introduces Resolution Recognizing Senator …

WebWASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) introduced a resolution marking May 10, 2023 as Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Mental Health Day.The resolution recognizes the importance of mental health to the well-being of AANHPI families and communities and acknowledges …

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Hirono Joins 32 Colleagues in Introducin Senator Mazie Hirono

WebWASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Tina Smith (D-MN), Patty Murray (D-WA), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), along with 32 Democratic colleagues in the Senate, in introducing the Expanding Access to Family Planning Act. The bill would protect access to critical reproductive health care …

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Hirono, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Senator Mazie Hirono

WebWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined the Hawaii delegation in introducing the Red Hill Impact Act, bipartisan legislation to collect data, study, and help better understand the long-term health impacts of those exposed to water contamination from the Red Hill fuel leak. “The Red Hill fuel leaks impacted and …

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Hirono Announces 14 Hawaii Community Hea Senator Mazie …

WebWASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) announced that 14 community health centers across Hawaii would receive a total of $31,969,250 from the American Rescue Plan to expand COVID-19 vaccine access for at-risk and hardest-hit communities, and provide more testing, treatment, and preventative …

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VIDEO: Hirono Urges Immigration Reform t Senator Mazie Hirono

WebWASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety, emphasized the need for immigration reform to address the strain caused by the shortage of health care workers in Hawaii and across the country during a Subcommittee hearing. In …

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Hirono Announces Over $8.1 Million in Fe Senator Mazie Hirono

WebHONOLULU, HI – Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) announced that Community Health Centers (CHCs) on Oahu, Maui, Molokai, and Hawaii Island will receive over $8.15 million in federal funding from the Department of Health and Human Services to support the delivery of health care services to underserved communities across the …

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Hirono, Chu, Napolitano Introduce Bicame Senator Mazie Hirono

WebWASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) introduced the Stop Mental Health Stigma in Our Communities Act to curb mental health stigma in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities. This introduction marks the first time that the legislation was introduced in both the …

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Hirono, Bennet Lead Colleagues in Introd Senator Mazie Hirono

WebWASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) introduced the Secure Access for Essential Reproductive (SAFER) Health Act, legislation that would expand patient privacy protections by strengthening the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to prohibit medical providers …

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Hirono, Colleagues Reintroduce Legislati Senator Mazie Hirono

WebHirono, Colleagues Reintroduce Legislation to Address Maternal Health Crisis Among Incarcerated People. WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) in reintroducing the Justice for Incarcerated Moms Act, legislation that seeks to improve care for …

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Hirono, Brown, Booker, Padilla Lead Reso Senator Mazie Hirono

WebWASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Alex Padilla (D-CA) led several of their Senate colleagues in introducing a Senate Resolution declaring racism a public health crisis. “Communities of color have long faced disparities when it comes to accessing and …

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