THE SENATE
                 THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                  REGULAR SESSION OF 1999

          COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
            Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland, Chair
             Senator Randall Iwase, Vice Chair

      COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND HOUSING
                  Senator Rod Tam, Chair
            Senator David Matsuura, Vice Chair

                  NOTICE OF JOINT HEARING

        DATE:    Tuesday, February 16, 1999

        TIME:    4:30 p.m.

        PLACE:   Conference Room 224
                 State Capitol
                 415 South Beretania Street


                        A G E N D A

SB 129   RELATING TO THE DISABLED                HHS/GOH,WAM

        Clarifies the present law regarding public work
        contract preferences for programs which provide
        rehabilitation and training to handicapped individuals
        and states that the wage exemption for handicapped
        individuals under current law expressly applies to
        Chapter 104, HRS.

SB 394   RELATING TO HOUSING                     HHS/GOH,WAM

        Appropriation for housing for persons with serious and
        persistent mental illness.

SB 1006  RELATING TO GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF    HHS/GOH,WAM
        GROUP LIVING HOUSING FACILITIES

        Requires the Department of Health to regulate
        privately-operated group living domestice abuse
        shelters that currently are not subject to any
        regulation.

SB 368   RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY        HHS/GOH,LRE
        OCCUPANCY

        Prohibits the Director of Health from issuing an air
        pollution control permit for a medical waste

 
        incinerator or a solid waste pollution permit for a
        medical waste sterilizer that is located within 1 mile
        of any residential dwelling.


        DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW, IF TIME PERMITS.


Persons wishing to testify should submit 45 copies of their
testimony with two holes punched at the top to the committee
clerk, Room 228, State Capitol, 24 hours prior to the hearing.
Testimony may also be faxed if less than 5 pages in length, to
the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6659 or 1-800-586-6659
(toll free for neighbor islands), at least 24 hours prior to the
hearing.  When faxing, please indicate to whom the testimony is
being submitted, the date and time of the hearing, and the
required number of copies needed for submittal.

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

Public Folder.  A folder labeled "Public Folder" containing the
measures and testimonies for the hearing will be available for
shared use by members of the public.

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



____________________________
Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland
Chair



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Senator Rod Tam
Chair