HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2003
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH |
Rep. Dennis A. Arakaki, Chair |
Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto, Vice Chair |
Rep. Helene H. Hale |
Rep. Roy M. Takumi |
Rep. Michael Puamamo Kahikina |
Rep. Corinne W.L. Ching |
Rep. Maile S.L. Shimabukuro |
Rep. Lynn Finnegan |
Rep. K. Mark Takai |
Rep. Bud Stonebraker |
COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES AND HOUSING |
Rep. Michael Puamamo Kahikina, Chair |
Rep. Maile S.L. Shimabukuro, Vice Chair |
Rep. Dennis A. Arakaki |
Rep. Roy M. Takumi |
Rep. Helene H. Hale |
Rep. Corinne W.L. Ching |
Rep. Bertha C. Kawakami |
Rep. Lynn Finnegan |
Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto |
Rep. Bud Stonebraker |
Rep. K. Mark Takai |
NOTICE OF HEARING
DATE: |
Thursday, March 20, 2003 |
TIME: |
9:00 a.m. |
PLACE: |
Conference Room 329 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
AGENDA
SB 964 SD 1 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR TREATMENT SERVICES FOR CHILD VICTIMS OF INTRAFAMILIAL SEXUAL ABUSE. Appropriates funds for treatment services for child victims of intrafamilial sexual abuse and their families who are not serviced by child protective services. (CHUN OAKLAND) |
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SB 661 SD 1 |
RELATING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT Creates the sexual assault prevention special fund; raises the marriage license fee for deposit into the fund. Directs the department of health to use moneys from the fund for sexual assault prevention programs. (FUKUNAGA) |
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SB 963 SD 1 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE POISON CENTER Appropriates funds for the Department of Health to operate the Poison Center 24 hours a day. (CHUN OAKLAND) |
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SB 1241 |
RELATING TO CANCER EXAMINATIONS Repeals section 321-45, Hawaii Revised Statutes, requiring hospitals to offer a uterine cytologic examination for cancer to every female in-patient twenty years of age of older unless the exam is contraindicated by attending physician or was performed within the previous year. (BAKER) |
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SB 325 |
RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS Appropriates funds to finance the costs of construction improvements and for equipping health care facilities using special purpose revenue bonds. (BUNDA) |
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SB 745 SD 2 |
RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES Requires DOH to integrate emergency aeromedical services into statewide emergency medical services. Appropriates funds for: aeromedical services for Maui county, emergency medical services at the Waianae Coast Comprehension Health Center, advance life support ambulance services for parts of Maui and Hawaii. Requires matching county funds. (BAKER) |
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SB 624 SD 1 |
RELATING TO INFORMED CONSENT Updates the informed consent statute and increases consistency with other informed consent law. (HANABUSA) |
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SB 1356 SD 1 |
RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF VITAL STATISTICS Permits a more timely reporting of cause-of-death and related medical information of deceased individuals. Facilitates a more timely registration of deaths and the issuance of death certificates and burial-transit permits by conversion from a paper-based to an electronic registration process. Redefines the term "fetal death" (stillborn) and alters the recording of fetal death events from a certificate-based to a report-based system. Authorizes a patient's next of kin to request and receive copies of the patient's medical records. (BUNDA) |
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SB 1357 SD 1 |
RELATING TO VITAL STATISTICS REGISTRATION DISTRICTS Streamlines the registration of births and deaths occurring in the State by the Department of Health. (BUNDA) |
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SB 1361 SD 2 |
RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS Makes approved, therapeutically equivalent generic drug products substitutable within days or weeks (as opposed to months) of a new generic product release. Ensures the expedited removal of nonequivalent drugs from the state formulary, resulting in improved patient outcomes. (BUNDA) |
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DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
PERSONS WISHING TO TESTIFY ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT FORTY (40) COPIES OF THEIR TESTIMONY AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING TO THE HEALTH COMMITTEE'S VICE CHAIR IN ROOM 441, STATE CAPITOL OR THE HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS PERSONNEL IN THE TURNAROUND AREA OF THE CAPITOL BASEMENT PARKING LOT. TESTIMONY MAY BE FAXED TO THE HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS OFFICE AT: 586-6501 (OAHU) OR 1-800-535-3859 (NEIGHBOR ISLANDS). WHEN SENDING BY FAX, PLEASE INDICATE TO WHOM THE TESTIMONY IS BEING SUBMITTED, THE DATE AND TIME OF THE HEARING AND THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF COPIES THAT ARE NEEDED FOR SUBMITTAL. ALSO IT IS REQUESTED THAT THE COPIES BE ON ONE SIDE OF AN 8-1/2" X 11" SHEET WITH TWO HOLES PUNCHED AT THE TOP. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE HEALTH COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-8515.
IF YOU REQUIRE SPECIAL ASSISTANCE OR AUXILIARY AIDS AND/OR SERVICES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS OF THE STATE HOUSE (I.E., SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY, OR PARKING DESIGNATED FOR THE DISABLED), PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING SO ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE.
Representative Michael Puamamo Kahikina Chair |
Representative Dennis A. Arakaki Chair |
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