COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Rep. Dennis A. Arakaki, Chair

Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto, Vice Chair

HB 2

RELATING TO SMOKING

HLT, EDN, JUD

Prohibits smoking in restaurants and workplaces except for hotel rooms, nightclubs and certain bars. (TAKAI)

HB 4

RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS

HLT, JUD, FIN

Requires tobacco manufacturers to report yearly to DOH on added constituents and nicotine in tobacco products. Requires DOH to investigate public health risks and develop standards to reduce risks associated with exposure to these constituents. Deletes tobacco products from definition of "consumer community." (TAKAI)

HB 343

RELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS

HLT, CPC/JUD,FIN

Creates statewide licensure mechanism for retail tobacco sales that provide for licensing retail tobacco vendors, inspectors and enforcement, adjudication of fines and penalties, training and education for retail merchants and public awareness of the state's statute governing the sale of tobacco to minors. (TAKAI)

HB 136

RELATING TO MEDICALLY ACCURATE SEX EDUCATION

HLT, EDN, FIN

Requires recipients of state funding that provide information or offer programs regarding sex education to provide medically accurate, factual information, that is age-appropriate and includes education on both abstinence and contraception. (LEE)

HB244

RELATING TO HEALTH

HLT, EDN, FIN

Appropriates $1,563,900 in FY 2003-2004 and $1,563,900 in FY 2004-2005 to fund registered nurses to provide school health services to public schools. Requires creation of permanent nursing positions and DOH to fund them within DOH's budget beginning 7/1/05 without use of separate appropriation. (ARAKAKI)

HB 273

RELATING TO PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS FOR CHILDREN

HLT, EDN, JUD

Denies as grounds to place a child into protective custody, the refusal by a parent or guardian to administer or consent to administer psychiatric drugs to a child in school unless the refusal causes the child to be harmed or be subject to imminent harm. (ARAKAKI)

HB 263

RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENTS

HLT, CPC, FIN

Requires health insurance coverage for services and hearing aids under Chapter 451A, HRS, relating to hearing aid dealers and fitters. (ARAKAKI)

HB 731

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION

HLT, LAB, CPC

Amends the definition of "medical care," "medical services" or "medical supplies" in the workers' compensation law to include services provided by occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants, replaces reference to "masseur" with "licensed massage therapist." (KAWAKAMI)

HB 877

RELATING TO TEMPORARY HEALTH INSURANCE FOR UNEMPLOYED PERSONS

HLT, LAB, FIN

Provides temporary health insurance for unemployed persons who lose their health insurance due to an economic emergency. (B. OSHIRO)

HB 1168

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH

HLT, CPC, FIN

Expands the definition of "serious mental illness" to enable individuals afflicted with serious mental illness to access the necessary treatment by continuing the parity reimbursement and treatment requirements for serious mental illness. Adds delusional disorder, bipolar types I and II, major depression, obsessive compulsive disorder and dissociate disorder as serious mental illnesses. (SAY)

HB 1412

RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS

HLT, CPC, FIN

Establishes a professional counselors licensing program effective 7/1/05, subject to the accumulation of a minimum $43,000 in a startup trust fund by 10/1/04. Requires DCCA to report on the fund to the 2004 Legislature. (LUKE)

HB 853

RELATING TO ACUPUNCTURE

HLT, CPC, FIN

Allows licensed medical and osteopathic physicians to be certified to practice acupuncture in Hawaii of they have completed certification courses and passed a certification examination required by the board of acupuncture. (LUKE)

Chair