HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2006
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COMMITTEE ON FINANCE |
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Rep. Dwight Y. Takamine, Chair |
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Rep. Bertha C. Kawakami, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Mele Carroll |
Rep. Clift Tsuji |
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Rep. Pono Chong |
Rep. Glenn Wakai |
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Rep. Cindy Evans |
Rep. Ryan I. Yamane |
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Rep. Marilyn B. Lee |
Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita |
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Rep. Michael Y. Magaoay |
Rep. Colleen Rose Meyer |
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Rep. Bob Nakasone |
Rep. Mark S. Moses |
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Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto |
Rep. Kymberly Pine |
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Rep. Kameo Tanaka |
Rep. Anne V. Stevens |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
THURSDAY, April 6, 2006 |
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TIME: |
2:00 P.M. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 308 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A # 1
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SB 218 SD4 (HSCR996-06) |
RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes EMT training stipend program to remedy shortage of MICT paramedics and assist 10 students per year who are public or private paramedics and cannot access a program. Appropriates unspecified amount. |
HLT, FIN |
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SB 2133 SD2, HD1 (HSCR1247-06) |
RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes the Hawaii Health Authority and appropriates funds. Establishes a Youth Suicide Early Intervention and Prevention Program and appropriates funds. Limits use of mercury-containing vaccines in Hawaii. |
HLT, FIN |
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SB 2343 SD2, HD1 (HSCR1248-06) |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS. Requires criminal history record checks on persons providing care or having access to residents of healthcare facilities. |
HLT, FIN |
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SB 2502 SD2 (HSCR1091-06) |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR DONATED DENTAL SERVICES. Appropriates funds for the donated dental services program for the elderly, disabled, or medically compromised. |
HLT, FIN |
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SB 2725 SD2, HD1 (HSCR1252-06) |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR HEALTHY START. Making an appropriation for Hawaii's Healthy Start program for continued service and support of high-risk families. |
HLT/HUS, FIN |
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SB 475 SD2, HD1 (HSCR1246) |
RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. Increases standard of need from the 1993 federal poverty level to the current poverty level. Includes the aged, blind, and disabled in determining the amounts of assistance. Removes limitation on making general assistance payments only from total appropriations for that purpose. |
HUS, FIN |
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SB 2162 SD2, HD1 (HSCR1149-06) |
RELATING TO FOSTER CHILDREN. Requires the Department of Human Services to provide written consent to allow foster children to apply for a driver's license. Requires a foster child's natural parents to pay for the child's car insurance and establishes provisions for payment if the child's parents are unable to pay. Allows higher education board allowances to be paid directly to former foster children. |
HUS, CPC, FIN |
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SB 3215 SD1, HD1 (HSCR1140-06) |
RELATING TO CHILDREN. Statutorily establishes the children of incarcerated parents task force until 2007. Appropriates funds. |
HUS/PSM, FIN |
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SB 3065 SD1 (HSCR1062-06) |
RELATING TO THE ONE CALL CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE. Increases voting members on one call center advisory committee from fifteen to seventeen members. Includes among the voting members one person from the water utility industry and one person from the wastewater industry. |
CPC, FIN |
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SB 2357 HD1 (HSCR1163-06) |
RELATING TO SECTION 13 OF ACT 380, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 1997. Extends for 5 years until 07/01/2012 the sunset date (07/01/07) on the use of new safe harbor agreements, habitat conservation plans, and incidental take licenses as recovery options for conserving and protecting the State's endangered species. |
EEP, JUD, FIN |
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SB 2004 SD1, HD1 (HSCR1023-06) |
RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Establishes Ahu o Laka state monument; directs DLNR to adopt rules for the protection and maintenance of the Ahu o Laka state monument. |
WLO/HAW, FIN |
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SB 2021 SD2, HD1 (HSCR1176-06) |
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Allows a retiree who moves outside of the coverage of the EUTF to be reimbursed for the lesser of an amount equal to the amount of the personal health insurance policy or contributions for the most comparable EUTF plans for the retiree. |
LAB, FIN |
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SB 2036 SD1 (HSCR1026-06) |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY INCUBATOR. Appropriates funds to create an international business and technology incubator program in Hawaii. |
EDB/INT, FIN |
DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
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________________________________________ Rep. Dwight Takamine Chair |