THE SENATE
                 THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                  REGULAR SESSION OF 2000

          COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
            Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland, Chair
             Senator Randall Iwase, Vice Chair
                  Senator Carol Fukunaga
                   Senator Andrew Levin
                 Senator Whitney Anderson


                     NOTICE OF HEARING

        DATE:    Monday, March 13, 2000
        TIME:    1:00 p.m.
        PLACE:   Conference Room 229
                 State Capitol

                        A G E N D A


HB 2506 HD1  RELATING TO PROSPECTIVE ADOPTIVE PARENTS  HHS, JDC
        Defines the term "prospective adoptive parents,"
        requires criminal history record checks, authorizes
        DHS to contract for home studies.

HB 2510  RELATING TO FOSTER BOARD ALLOWANCES FOR
        STUDENTS                                   HHS, WAM
        Enables DHS to pay foster board allowances directly to
        an accredited institution of higher learning.

HB2512   RELATING TO FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS   HHS, WAM
        Allows DHS to adjust payments to support employment.

HB 2513 HD1  RELATING TO UNCLAIMED CORPSES            HHS, WAM
        Requires cremation of all unclaimed corpses; provides
        immunity for DHS and any participants in such
        cremations from liability related to cremations.

HB 2514  RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE              HHS, WAM
        Clarifies the interests of DHS when it asserts claims
        in the estates of deceased recipients.

HB 2517 HD1  MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE STATE
       MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM                 HHS, WAM
        Provides the medical assistance program with
        sufficient funds to reimburse its health care
        providers for fiscal year 1999-2000.

HB 2531 HD1  MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII HEALTH
       SYSTEMS CORPORATION                        HHS, WAM
        Provides an emergency appropriation to Hawaii Health
        Systems Corporation to pay for operating costs in
        excess of operating revenues and to reimburse the
        State for payments of collective bargaining increases.





 


HB 2534 HD2  RELATING TO CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITALS    HHS, WAM
        Enhances the federal Medicare Rural Hospital
        Flexibility Program by providing for reimbursement to
        critical access hospitals on a cost basis under the
        Medicaid program using matching federal funds.

HB 2524  RELATING TO PROPHYLACTICS                  HHS, WAM
        Eliminates the statutory requirement for rules
        regulating the sale of prophylactics.

HB 2525HD2 RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS           HHS, CPN
        Liberalizes regulatory controls and restrictions on
        the distribution of medical oxygen and the dispensing
        of prescription drugs (non-controlled substance
        drugs).

HB 2536 HD1  RELATING TO CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL 
        HEALTH                                     HHS, WAM
        Authorizes an emergency appropriation of general and
        special funds to DOH for services provided by the
        Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division.

HB 2542 HD1  MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE STATE'S
       MEDICAID HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES FOR THE 
        DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED OR MENTALLY RETARDED 
        PROGRAM                                    HHS, WAM
        Obtains additional funds for fiscal year 1999-2000 for
        the State's Medicaid Home and Community Based Services
        for the Developmentally Disabled/Mentally Retarded
        program.


        DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW, IF TIME PERMITS
        
Persons wishing to testify should submit 20 copies of their
testimony with two holes at the top, to the committee clerk, Room
228, State Capitol, 24 hours prior to the hearing. Testimony may
also be faxed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Senate
Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6659 (toll free for neighbor
islands), at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. When faxing,
please indicate to whom the testimony is being submitted, the
date and time of the hearing, and the required number of copies
needed for submittal. 

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services
to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign language
interpreter, wheelchair accessibility, or parking designated for
the disabled), please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior
to the hearing so arrangements can be made.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 
586-6130.



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Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland
Chair