THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2007

 

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Senator David Y. Ige, Chair

Senator Carol Fukunaga, Vice Chair

 

 

MEASURES DEFERRED TO WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2007

 

DATE:

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

TIME:

1:15 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 016

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

(Deferred from Friday, March 16, 2007)

 

HB 16

HD1

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Repeals the school health services program within the Department of Health.  Repeals the transfer of public health nurses from the Department of Health to the Department of Education.  Establishes a school health services program within the Department of Education.  (HB16 HD1)

 

EDU/HTH, WAM

HB 136

HD2

RELATING TO AIDS RESEARCH.

Appropriates funds for the Hawaii AIDS clinical research program.  (HB136 HD2)

 

EDU/HTH, WAM

HB 1477

HD2

RELATING TO RURAL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE TRAINING.

Appropriates funds to develop a statewide rural primary healthcare training program to provide family physicians to rural areas and improve healthcare access for the people of Hawaii.  Appropriates funds to support and expand the Family Medicine Residency Program of UH JABSOM's Department of Family Medicine and Community Health to provide rural primary healthcare services.  Effective July 1, 2020.  (HB1477 HD1)

 

HTH/EDU, WAM

HB 10

RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

Makes rebate agreements between drug manufacturers and department of human services mandatory.  Requires the department to inform health care providers about drug costs for manufacturers with rebate agreements and those without rebate agreements.

 

HTH, CPH

HB 964

HD1

RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

Requires that substance abuse testing be conducted according to the manufacturer's rather than the federal government's package insert.  Amends definition of "substance abuse on-site screening test" to include tests used for forensic testing as a workplace testing device. (HB964 HD1)

 

HTH, JDL

HB 527

HD2

RELATING TO TOBACCO.

Prohibits sale of cigarettes from self-service displays.  Defines "self-service displays".  Clarifies definition of "cigarette vending machine".  Changes amount of fine from $1,000 per day to unspecified amounts for first and subsequent offenses. (HB527 HD2)

 

HTH, JDL

HB 528

HD2

RELATING TO MINORS.

Allows a minor who is not under the care, supervision, or control of a parent, custodian, or legal guardian to consent to the provision of primary medical care and services.  (HB528 HD2)

 

HTH, JDL

HB 1260

HD1

RELATING TO SENTENCING.

Restores the court's authority to order a mental or medical examination of a defendant before sentencing. (HB1260 HD1)

 

HTH, JDL

HB 1721

HD1

RELATING TO VIOLENCE AGAINST EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL.

Adds violence or the threat of violence against emergency medical services personnel to the offenses of assault in the second degree and terroristic threatening in the first degree. (HB1721 HD1)

 

HTH, JDL

HB 1479

HD2

RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.

Requires group health insurers to offer all group health plans to self-employed individuals in their service areas.  Allows insurer to impose limitations on the timing of enrollment and reenrollment to control adverse selection and plan member costs.  (HB1479 HD2)

 

HTH, CPH

HB 212

HD2

RELATING TO HEALTH CARE.

Establishes a statewide comprehensive health care workforce map and database on supply, demand, and distribution, by specialty and practice location. Appropriation. (HB212, HD2)

 

HTH, WAM

 

 

 

 

 

No testimony will be accepted.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 808-586-6230.