HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2007
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COMMITTEE ON HEALTH |
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Rep. Josh Green, M.D., Chair |
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Rep. John Mizuno, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Della Au Belatti |
Rep. K. Mark Takai |
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Rep. Joe Bertram, III |
Rep. James Kunane Tokioka |
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Rep. Rida T.R. Cabanilla |
Rep. Karen Leinani Awana |
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Rep. Karl Rhoads |
Rep. Gene Ward, Ph.D. |
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Rep. Maile S. L. Shimabukuro |
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COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES & HOUSING |
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Rep. Maile S. L. Shimabukuro, Chair |
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Rep. Karl Rhoads, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Della Au Belatti |
Rep. K. Mark Takai |
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Rep. Joe Bertram, III |
Rep. James Kunane Tokioka |
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Rep. Rida T.R. Cabanilla |
Rep. Karen Leinani Awana |
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Rep. Josh Green, M.D. |
Rep. Gene Ward, Ph.D. |
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Rep. John Mizuno |
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NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
March 16, 2007 |
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TIME: |
8:30 a.m. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 329 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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SB 51 SD2 (SSCR768) |
RELATING TO HOME CARE. Establishes home care agency licensing requirements. Repealed on June 30, 2012. (SD2)
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HLT/HSH, FIN |
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SB 139 SD1 (SSCR10) |
RELATING TO CIGARETTE TAX. Clarifies that the cigarette tax money earmarked to fund the cancer research center of Hawaii, emergency medical services, trauma care, and community health centers shall be calculated on a per cigarette basis. (SD1)
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HLT, FIN |
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SB 667 SD3 (SSCR957) |
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS. Amends the mental health counselor licensure application date to include counselors who have completed or are in the process of completing the requirements for licensure before July 1, 2007. Makes the regulation of mental health counselors permanent by repealing its sunset date in section 26H-4, HRS. (SD3)
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HLT, CPC |
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SB 1346 (SSCR970) |
RELATING TO SENTENCING. Restores a statutory provision which allows presentence mental or medical examinations of defendants for purposes of sentencing.
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HLT, JUD |
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SB 1454 (SSCR712) |
RELATING TO THE HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL FACILITIES SPECIAL FUND. Renames the special fund to reflect the current name of the Office of Health Care Assurance (OHCA). Requires that all moneys collected by OHCA in the form of fees and fines be deposited into this account. Allows the moneys deposited into the special fund to be used to offset OHCA's operational expenses.
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HLT, FIN |
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SB 1456 SD1 (SSCR986) |
MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE ADULT MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION. Authorizes an emergency appropriation for FY 2006-2007 ($7,542,043) from general funds to the Department of Health, for ongoing services provided by the adult mental health division. (SD1)
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HLT, FIN |
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SB 1457 SD2 (SSCR764) |
MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. Appropriates general fund revenues as an emergency appropriation to enable the Developmental Disabilities Division to meet state-approved target numbers under the current Medicaid home and community-based service. (SD2)
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HLT, FIN |
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SB 1458 SD1 (SSCR1001) |
MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND INJURY PREVENTION SYSTEM BRANCH. Makes an emergency appropriation of $439,684 in general funds to reimburse costs incurred by the Hawaii Army National Guard or other provider for furnishing helicopter medical transport services on Oahu that were previously provided by the United States Army. (SD1)
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HLT, FIN |
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SB 1459 SD1 (SSCR987) |
MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES. Makes an emergency appropriation of $4,419,644 in general funds for FY 2006-2007, for early intervention services for infants and children from birth to three years of age with developmental delay or at biological or environmental risk for developmental delay. (SD1)
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HLT, FIN |
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SB 1463 (SSCR804) |
MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION. Increases the expenditure ceiling of the Health Systems special fund to pay for operational costs, and appropriates additional moneys out of the special fund.
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HLT, FIN |
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SB 1629 SD2 (SSCR917) |
RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION OR ANY OF ITS REGIONAL SUBSIDIARY CORPORATIONS. Authorizes revenue bonds to assist Hawaii health systems corporation for construction, improvement, and equipment of a new heart, brain, and spine center on Maui. (SD2)
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HLT, FIN |
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SB 1674 SD1 (SSCR699) |
RELATING TO HEALTH. Permits a radiologist licensed to practice in another state to provide radiology services by telemedicine while in Hawaii to a patient who is located in the state that the radiologist is licensed to practice radiology. (SD1)
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HLT, CPC |
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SB 1728 SD1 (SSCR940) |
RELATING TO A TWO-YEAR HEPATITIS C DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. Appropriates funds to establish a two-year Hepatitis C demonstration project at the Waikiki health center and the west Hawaii community center to provide testing, case management, treatment, surveillance, research, and outcome. (SD1)
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HLT, FIN |
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SB 1802 (SSCR968) |
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Provides an exception to the confidentiality of mental health records and allows disclosure if it is made by the person's healthcare provider to another health care provider for the purpose of continued care or treatment.
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HLT, JUD |
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SB 1803 SD1 (SSCR857) |
RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Enables small insurers that occupy less than ten per cent of the health insurance market to provide the broadest healthcare coverage at the lowest possible rates by permitting different types of insurance to be combined into a single unified policy; encourages broader coverage of sole proprietors and other employer groups with only one employee. (SD1)
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HLT, CPC |
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SB 1750 SD1 (SSCR807) |
RELATING TO HEALTH. Allows a hospital, including a public health facility, to provide information regarding shaken baby syndrome to the parents of all newborns under its care. (SD1)
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HLT |
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SB 50 SD1 (SSCR709) |
RELATING TO AIDS RESEARCH. Makes an appropriation for the Hawaii AIDS clinical research program. (SD1)
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HLT, FIN |
DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
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________________________________________ Rep. Maile Shimabukuro Chair |
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________________________________________ Rep. Joshua B. Green, M.D. Chair |