THE SENATE
                 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                   TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                  REGULAR SESSION OF 1999


          NOTICE OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEETING


            DATE:    Friday, April 23, 1999

            TIME:    1:00 p.m.

           PLACE:    Conference Room 016
                     State Capitol
                     415 South Beretania Street


                        A G E N D A

S.B. 1018, SD1, HD2   RELATING TO THE DRUG FORMULARY
                     Permits the Board of Health to designate
                     the "Approved Drug Products with
                     Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations",
                     published by the FDA, as the state
                     generic drug formulary.

                     Senate Conferees:  Chun Oakland, Chair;
                     Iwase, Anderson
                     House Conferees: Lee, Yamane, Co-Chairs;
                     Ahu Isa, Garcia, Fox

S.B. 1021, HD1       RELATING TO CLINICAL LABORATORY PERSONNEL
                     Clarifies the clinical laboratory
                     personnel licensing provisions of section
                     321-13, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

                     Senate Conferees:  Chun Oakland, Chair;
                     Levin, Anderson
                     House Conferees:  Menor, Yamane, Co-
                     Chairs; Ahu Isa, Lee, Marumoto

S.B. 822, SD2, HD2   RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE
                     Requires all health insurers, mutual
                     benefit societies, and health maintenance
                     organizations to cease excluding
                     contraceptive services and supplies from
                     coverage by repealing the provision of
                     such coverage as an employer option;
                     exempts certain employers from providing

 
                     coverage for contraceptive health care
                     services and supplies that are contrary
                     to the employer's religious tenets.
                     
                     Senate Conferees:  Chun Oakland, Kanno,
                     Taniguchi, Co-Chairs; Bunda, Hanabusa,
                     Anderson
                     House Conferees:  Menor, Yamane, Co-
                     Chairs; Garcia, Lee, Marumoto

S.B. 1235, SD1, HD1   RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION
                     Allows the State and counties to
                     designate buildings that shall comply
                     with hurricane shelter resistance
                     criteria.

                     Senate Conferees:  Chun Oakland, Kanno,
                     Taniguchi, Fukunaga, Levin, Co-Chairs;
                     Bunda, Chun, Slom
                     House Conferees:  Menor, Yamane, Co-
                     Chairs; Chang, Goodenow, Whalen


If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services
to participate in the public meeting process (i.e., sign language
interpreter, wheelchair accessibility, or parking designated for
the disabled), please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior
to the meeting so arrangements can be made.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 
586-6130 OR 586-6150.




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Sen. Suzanne Chun Oakland         Rep. Ron Menor
Chair                             Chair



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Sen. Brian Kanno                  Rep. Brian Yamane
Chair                             Chair



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Sen. Brian Taniguchi              Rep. Marilyn Lee
Chair                             Chair

 
 
 
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Sen. Carol Fukunaga
Chair



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Sen. Andrew Levin                 
Chair