THE SENATE
                THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                 REGULAR SESSION OF 1999

       MEASURES DEFERRED TO FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1999


         COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                        2:00 p.m.
                   Conference Room 229

         DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING BILLS
             (Deferred from March 17, 1999)

HB 274     RELATING TO FAMILIES                           HHS/JDC,WAM
HD3        Protects children and youth  from abuse and neglect
           by:
           (1) Mandating  foster  parent  training  for foster
           parents of licensed  foster homes, emergency foster
           homes, and  relative  foster  homes;  (2) Requiring
           mandated reporters to orally  report child abuse to
           both the  Department  of  Human  Services (DHS) and
           police departments; (3)  Allowing  a police officer
           to assume protective custody  of  a child without a
           court order and without  the consent of the child's
           family under  certain  conditions;  (4) Mandating a
           show cause hearing  if  a  child  has been residing
           outside of the family for a period of twelve months
           or if there has  been  a court-ordered service plan
           for  a  period  of  one  year;  (5)  Establishing a
           medical and  health  case  management procedure for
           the medical  oversight  of  children  in  the Child
           Protective Services  system;  and (6) Appropriating
           an unspecified amount of funding for the protection
           of children from abuse and neglect.

HB 547     RELATING TO ANATOMICAL GIFTS                   HHS/JDC,WAM
HD3        Creates a funding  mechanism  to educate the public
           about  organ   and   tissue   donation.    Requires
           hospitals to report the suitability of patients for
           organ and  tissue  donation.    Creates an advisory
           committee on anatomical gifts.

HB 1138    RELATING TO EPIDEMIOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS       HHS/JDC,WAM
HD1        Expands  the  Department  of  Health's  ability  to
           investigate  significant  causes  of  illness which
           threaten  the   public   health.      Protects  the
           confidentiality  of  information  received  by  the
           Department.  Protects providers of this information
           from being liable.

HB 1125    RELATING TO RECOVERY OF MEDICAL                HHS/JDC,WAM
HD2        PAYMENTS

 
           Clarifies and  standardizes  provisions relating to
           the recovery of medical  assistance payments by the
           Department  of   Human   Services   in  third-party
           liability situations.

(Please note:  The Committee on Judiciary will hold decision making on the
above measures on Friday, March 19, 1999 at 9:00 a.m. in conference room
229.)


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
HB 273     RELATING TO CHILDREN                               HHS,JDC
HD2        Creates new penalties of  Child  Abuse in the First
           Degree and Child Abuse  in the Second Degree; makes
           Child Abuse in the  First  Degree  a Class A felony
           and Child Abuse  in  the  Second  Degree  a Class B
           felony.

HB 1367    MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION           HHS,WAM
HD2        OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
           Appropriates  funds   for   various   programs  and
           services  for  the   protection   of  children  and
           families; Establishes  positions  in the Department
           of Health, the Department  of the Attorney General,
           and the Department of Human Services to improve the
           child protection system; Fills eleven vacant public
           health  nursing  positions;  Increases  funding for
           hospital-based  risk  screening  services  for "at-
           risk"  families;  Increases  funding  for substance
           abuse treatment services  to assist pregnant women,
           mothers, and their  families,  who  are involved in
           the child  protective  services system; Establishes
           additional facilities to deliver diversion services
           and  child   protective   services;  Increases  the
           availability and strengthens  the quality of family
           foster care  and  adoptive  services;  Broadens the
           scope of psychosocial support services available to
           families. 

HB 260     RELATING TO EARLY CHILDHOOD                        HHS,WAM
HD2        Improves  the   affordability,  accessibility,  and
           quality of early  childhood  education and care by:
           (1) Establishing an  early  childhood education and
           care facilities revolving loan fund; (2) Increasing
           the number of  child  care subsidies; (3) Expanding
           the  accreditation-mentoring   project   for  early
           childhood programs; (4) Continuing the coordination
           and implementation of  the Good Beginnings Alliance
           Initiative; (5) Expanding the Families for R.E.A.L.
           program;  (6)  Increasing   the   capacity  of  the
           keiki/family   interactive    mobile   units;   (7)
           Providing parenting teens  with child care services
           so  they  may  complete   high  school  and  pursue
           vocational training;  (8)  Subsidizing  the cost of
           obtaining a child development associate credential;
           and   (9)    Establishing    child   care   subsidy
           reimbursement rates based on a sliding scale.

HB 174     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CHILDREN'S         HHS,WAM
           HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM
           Appropriates  funds   for   the  Children's  Health
           Insurance Program.
HB 1413    RELATING TO QUEST                                  HHS,WAM

 


 
HD1        Requires  the  Department   of  Human  Services  to
           compensate community health  centers treating QUEST
           patients based on a risk factor adjustment.

HB 544     RELATING TO SAFETY NET HEALTH PLANS                HHS,WAM
HD1        Authorizes  the  Department  of  Human  Services to
           establish a safety  net  health  plan  program as a
           means of distributing QUEST funds.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
HB 176     RELATING TO TOBACCO TAX                            HHS,WAM
HD2        Provides that the excise tax on cigarettes shall be
           imposed and  collected  through  the  use of stamps
           purchased by wholesalers  and  dealers, and affixed
           to cigarette  packages.    Includes  provisions for
           civil and criminal  penalties,  and for forfeitures
           of  cigarettes,  to  be   enforced  by  the  police
           departments, liquor  commissions, attorney general,
           and prosecuting attorneys.   Mandates repeal of the
           law in 2005  upon  a  finding  by the State Auditor
           that the  law  has  not  reduced  the  loss  of tax
           revenue  due  to   the   illegal  sale  of  untaxed
           cigarettes.

HB 632     RELATING TO DISABILITIES                           HHS,WAM
HD2        Authorizes  the  Department   of  Health  (DOH)  to
           designate   area   agencies   or   managed  support
           organizations   for   persons   with  developmental
           disabilities  (DD)  or   mental  retardation  (MR).
           Includes under  supports  and  services  DOH  is to
           administer, supported  living  stipends for persons
           with DD or MR who choose to live independently in a
           setting other than a licensed residential facility.
           Appropriates funds  for  the  DD  and  MR.   Allows
           services for DD/MR  living independently outside of
           licensed facilities.    Requires  an  audit of case
           management services provided by DOH for DD/MR.


                   No testimony will be accepted.


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