HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2006

COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE

Rep. Robert N. Herkes, Chair

Rep. Brian Schatz, Vice Chair

Rep. Kirk Caldwell

Rep. Alex M. Sonson

Rep. Ken Ito

Rep. Joseph M. Souki

Rep. Ezra R. Kanoho

Rep. Barbara C. Marumoto

Rep. Jon Riki Karamatsu

Rep. Bud Stonebraker

Rep. Hermina M. Morita

 

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Rep. Sylvia Luke, Chair

Rep. Blake K. Oshiro, Vice Chair

Rep. Kirk Caldwell

Rep. Alex M. Sonson

Rep. Ezra R. Kanoho

Rep. Joseph M. Souki

Rep. Jon Riki Karamatsu

Rep. Barbara C. Marumoto

Rep. Hermina M. Morita

Rep. Cynthia Thielen

NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

TIME:

2:00 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 325

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

SB 2143

SD2

(SSCR2904)

RELATING TO MONEY TRANSMITTERS.

Regulates money transmitters. (SD2)

CPC/JUD, FIN

SB 3182

SD2, HD1

(HSCR978-06)

RELATING TO GASOLINE.

Requires a phased reduction of methyl tertiary-butyl ether in gasoline sold or imported in the State with levels no greater that .15 volume per cent by 1/1/09. Effective on approval. (HD1)

EEP, CPC/JUD, FIN

SB 2290

SD2

(SSCR2624)

RELATING TO PROTECTION FROM SECURITY BREACHES.

Requires businesses that experience a security breach to notify affected people of the breach. (SD2)

CPC/JUD

SB 2292

SD2

(SSCR2602)

RELATING TO DESTRUCTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION RECORDS.

Requires businesses that maintain or possess personal information of Hawaii residents to protect against unauthorized access to or use of the information after its disposal by destroying the personal information. (SD2)

CPC/JUD

SB 940

SD2, HD1

(HSCR1007-06)

RELATING TO THE PATIENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT.

Provides for review of medical necessary decisions for ERISA plans by an independent medical expert or by an independent review organization, following screening of those cases by the insurance commissioner. Non-ERISA plan members will still be entitled to external review by the three member panel as in the present statute. (SB940 HD1)

HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN

SB 2214

SD2, HD1

(HSCR1000-06)

RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS.

Establishes civil defense disaster preparedness special fund and makes appropriation to the fund; establishes prepared emergency response commission and enumerates the duties of commission; requires department of defense to develop disaster preparedness emergency shelter plan and to report to legislature; requires hospitals, nursing homes, and hotels to develop disaster preparedness plans; requires department of health to conduct a study of the structural integrity of hospitals and nursing homes in Hawaii; requires counties to locate, designate, and maintain areas to provide emergency shelter for homeless; establishes rebuttable presumption in favor of undergrounding electric utilities in tsunami-prone areas; authorizes governor to expend funds from the emergency and budget reserve fund to provide emergency assistance to residents and businesses of the State after natural disaster; establishes the residential disaster special assistance fund; limits the percentage of National Guard that can be activated by governor for purposes other than disaster relief; establishes class C felony and misdemeanor offenses for price gouging and profiteering after natural disaster. (HD1)

PSM, CPC/JUD, FIN

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

PERSONS WISHING TO TESTIFY ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT 40 COPIES OF THEIR TESTIMONY AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING TO: (1) THE CPC COMMITTEE'S VICE CHAIR IN ROOM 425, STATE CAPITOL, OR (2) THE HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS TESTIMONY DROP OFF BOX IN THE TURNAROUND AREA OF THE CAPITOL BASEMENT PARKING LOT. TESTIMONY MAY ALSO BE FAXED IF LESS THAN 5 PAGES IN LENGTH TO THE HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS OFFICE AT: 586-6501 (OAHU) OR 1-800-535-3859 (NEIGHBOR ISLANDS). WHEN FAXING, PLEASE INDICATE TO WHOM THE TESTIMONY IS BEING SUBMITTED, THE DATE AND TIME OF THE HEARING, AND THE REQUIRED NO. OF COPIES THAT IS NEEDED FOR SUBMITTAL.

IT IS ALSO REQUESTED THAT THE COPIES BE ON ONE SIDE OF AN 8-1/2" X 11". FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE CPC COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6173.

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Rep. Sylvia Luke

Chair

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Rep. Robert N. Herkes

Chair