HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2006
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COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE |
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Rep. Robert N. Herkes, Chair |
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Rep. Brian Schatz, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Kirk Caldwell |
Rep. Alex M. Sonson |
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Rep. Ken Ito |
Rep. Joseph M. Souki |
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Rep. Ezra R. Kanoho |
Rep. Barbara C. Marumoto |
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Rep. Jon Riki Karamatsu |
Rep. Bud Stonebraker |
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Rep. Hermina M. Morita |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Wednesday, February 15, 2006 |
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TIME: |
2:05 PM |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 325 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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HB 1867 HD1 (HSCR230-06) |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Ensures that uninterrupted medical care is provided to an injured employee, even if the injured employee's employer denies further treatment, until the director of labor and industrial relations renders a final decision on the matter. (HB1867 HD1) |
LAB, CPC, FIN |
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HB 2647 HD1 (HSCR231-06) |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Establishes a coordinated care system option to provide workers' compensation benefits for public employees. (HB2647 HD1) |
LAB, CPC, FIN |
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HB 2694 HD1 (HSCR232-06) |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Changes the reimbursement rate for medical services under the State's workers' compensation law to an unspecified percentage of the Medicare Resource Based Value Scale system rates. (HB2694 HD1) |
LAB, CPC, FIN |
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HB 2695 (HSCR233-06) |
RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYERS' MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY. Requires the Hawaii employers' mutual insurance company to provide a workers' compensation insurance plan that utilizes a coordinated system of care model to provide medical and rehabilitation services to injured employees. |
LAB, CPC, FIN |
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HB 2698 (HSCR234-06) |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Requires the director of labor and industrial relations to establish standardized forms for health care providers to use when reporting on and billing for injuries compensable under the State's workers' compensation law. |
LAB, CPC, FIN |
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HB 3097 (HSCR210-06) |
RELATING TO PETROLEUM STORAGE FACILITIES. Allows special purpose revenue bonds to be issued for the purpose of constructing petroleum storage facilities in counties with populations of less than 500,000. Establishes a tax credit for persons or entities who construct petroleum storage facilities in counties with populations of less than 500,000. |
TRN/EEP, CPC, FIN |
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HB 2244 (HSCR203-06) |
RELATING TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE RENTAL INDUSTRY. Authorizes motor vehicle lessors to visibly pass on to the lessee third party concession fees where the third party is an entity other than the department of transportation. |
TRN, CPC, FIN |
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HB 1975 HD1 (HSCR273-06) |
RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. Appropriates funds to place emergency mobile urgent care units in the Ocean View and Volcano communities of the island of Hawaii. (HB1975 HD1) |
CPC, FIN |
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HB 3129 (HSCR254-06) |
RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE. Provides a tax credit to individual taxpayers and employers for premiums paid for long-term care insurance contracts and requires the department of taxation in cooperation with the department of commerce and consumer affairs to submit a report back to the legislature annually regarding the status of this Act's provisions. Sunsets December 31, 2011. |
HLT/LAB, CPC, FIN |
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HB 2401 HD1 (HSCR168-06) |
RELATING TO ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE. Repeal optional, exclusionary insurance provision for injuries sustained by insured persons as a result of intoxication from alcohol or narcotics. Appropriates funds to establish the Screening, Briefing, Intervention, Referral, and Treatment program. (HB2401 HD1) |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
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HB 2175 HD1 (HSCR236-06) |
RELATING TO ENERGY. Provides a framework for energy self-sufficiency, focusing on energy efficiency and renewable energy resource deployment in state facilities, vehicles, and equipment; in the public schools; through the renewable energy technologies income tax credit; by means of priority permitting for renewable energy projects at the county level; and through the establishment of a solar water heating pay as you save program. (HB2175 HD1) |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
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HB 3127 (HSCR253-06) |
RELATED TO HEALTH CARE. Establishes direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing requirements in health care facilities to ensure patient safety and quality health care. |
HLT/LAB, CPC, FIN |
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HB 3222 HD1 (HSCR235-06) |
RELATING TO ENERGY. (1) Establishes the Hawaii renewable hydrogen program to manage the State's transition to a renewable hydrogen economy; (2) establishes the hydrogen investment capital special fund to seed private and federal projects for the deployment of hydrogen systems; (3) directs DBEDT, Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, and NELHA to design a distributed energy storage microgrid to transport energy to NELHA; (4) directs PUC to regulate the microgrid; and (5) appropriates funds for the program and special fund. (HD1) |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
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HB 2328 |
RELATING TO PETROLEUM PRICE GOUGING. Creates a new chapter to protect Hawaii consumers from price gouging in the purchase of petroleum during periods of abnormal disruption of the marketplace caused by extraordinary adverse circumstances. |
CPC, FIN |
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HB 2214 (HSCR202-06) |
RELATING TO RENTAL MOTOR VEHICLE SURCHARGE TAX. Repeals increase in the rental motor vehicle surcharge tax levied between September 1, 1999 and August 31, 2007. |
TRN, CPC, FIN |
DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
DECISION MAKING ONLY ON THE FOLLOWING PREVIOUSLY HEARD MEASURES
(no testimony will be accepted)
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HB 1836 |
RELATING TO VETERINARIANS. Previously heard on 1/30/06 Authorizes, upon certain conditions and without examination, temporary licensure of veterinarians who are licensed in good standing in another state that has licensing standards equivalent to or higher than Hawaii's. |
CPC, FIN |
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HB 2606 |
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Previously heard on 2/8/06 Clarifies the process of payments for benefits under automobile personal injury protection coverage where the bill for medical services submitted does not conform to the fee schedule or where there is a dispute between the medical provider and insurer on compliance. |
CPC, FIN |
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HB 2717 |
RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Previously heard on 2/1/06 Creates a selection commission to pick members of the Public Utilities Commission. Establishes terms of service. |
CPC, FIN |
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________________________________________ Rep. Robert N. Herkes Chair |