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HRS §321-324

Health department's powers to provide and improve services

The health department can offer quality health care, focusing on prevention, and can improve these services. It can also work with the federal government and other sources to get and spend money for these services.

state agencies

The statute, as written — Powers of the department

The department of health may: (1) Make available to the target population quality health care services, with emphasis on preventive health services; (2) Develop, extend, and improve the services; and (3) Cooperate with the federal government, through its appropriate agency or instrumentality, in identifying needs, developing, extending, and improving the services, and receiving and expending all funds made available to the department by the federal government, the State, or its political subdivisions, or from any other source, including private donations, for the purposes of this part.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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