HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2004
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COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES AND HOUSING |
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Rep. Michael Puamamo Kahikina, Chair |
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Rep. Maile S.L. Shimabukuro, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Dennis A. Arakaki |
Rep. Corinne W.L. Ching |
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Rep. Helène H. Hale |
Rep. Lynn Finnegan |
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Rep. Bertha C. Kawakami |
Rep. Bud Stonebraker |
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Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto |
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COMMITTEE ON HEALTH |
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Rep. Dennis A. Arakaki, Chair |
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Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Helene H. Hale |
Rep. Corinne W.L. Ching |
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Rep. Michael Puamamo Kahikina |
Rep. Lynn Finnegan |
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Rep. Maile S.L. Shimabukuro |
Rep. Bud Stonebraker |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Wednesday, March 31, 2004 |
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TIME: |
9:00 a.m. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 329 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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G E N D AHuman Services Concurrent Resolutions only
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HCR 79 |
Requesting an Audit of the Purchase-of-Service contracts under the Office of Youth Services |
HSH, LMG |
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HCR 81/ HR 54 |
Opposing the Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003 |
HSH |
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HCR 102 |
Requesting the Dept. of Human Services and Labor and Industrial Relations to jointly examine issues relating to Public Assistance involving incentives and requirements to work and income and asset thresholds that may act as disincentives to work. |
HSH, FIN |
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HCR 123/ HR 83 |
Requesting the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii to purchase the City & County of Honolulu's twelve (12) apartment buildings. |
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HCR 126/ HR 85 |
Requesting the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women to establish and utilize the Self-Sufficiency Standard to replace the Federal Poverty Level Standard. |
HSH, FIN |
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HCR 132 |
Requesting the Dept. of Human Services and the Judiciary to examine the ramifications of eliminating reports of "threatened harm" from the various types of reports upon which an investigation is required to be carried out by DHS in connection with Child Protective Services. |
HSH, JUD |
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HCR 157 |
"Peter Boy Kema" case; Case Information Disclosure |
HSH, JUD |
DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
HSH/HLT Joint Committee Concurrent Resolutions
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HCR 134/ HR 92 |
Requesting and encouraging the Board of Dental Examiners to reprimand any dentist who refuses to accept QUEST/Medicaid patients. |
HSH/HLT, CPC |
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HCR 135/ HR 93 |
Requesting the Board of Dental Examiners to adopt measures that discourage dentists from refusing patients covered by governmentally sponsored medical insurance programs. |
HSH/HLT, CPC |
DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
Health Committee Concurrent Resolutions
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HCR 103/ HR 70 |
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EXAMINE THE FEDERAL INDEPENDENCE PLUS INITIATIVE TO DETERMINE IF HAWAII CAN BENEFIT FROM APPLYING FOR AND OBTAINING A WAIVER OR WAIVERS TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES WITH SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY |
HLT/HSH, FIN |
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HCR 139/ HR 96 |
REQUESTING THE HAWAII STATE COUNCIL ON DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO IDENTIFY ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS REGARDING INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND THEIR CHOICE OF RESIDENTIAL SETTING |
HLT/HSH, FIN |
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HCR 133 |
URGING THE GOVERNOR, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, AND UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF FAMILY CAREGIVERS AND TO SUPPORT THEM IN SERVING THE STATE'S LONG-TERM CARE NEEDS |
HLT/HSH |
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HCR 154 |
REQUESTING THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON AGING TO PROVIDE DATA ON HAWAII'S FAMILY CAREGIVERS AND THE OLDER ADULTS TO WHOM THEY PROVIDE ASSISTANCE |
HLT/HSH |
DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
PERSONS WISHING TO TESTIFY ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT 35 COPIES OF THEIR TESTIMONY AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING TO: (1) THE HSH COMMITTEE'S VICE CHAIR IN ROOM 315, STATE CAPITOL, OR (2) THE HOUSE SGT-AT-ARMS TESTIMONY DROP OFF BOX IN THE TURNAROUND AREA OF THE CAPITOL BASEMENT PARKING LOT. TESTIMONY MAY ALSO BE FAXED IF LESS THAN 5 PAGES IN LENGTH TO THE HOUSE SGT-AT-ARMS OFFICE AT: 586-6501 (OAHU) OR 1-800-535-3859 (NEIGHBOR ISLANDS). WHEN FAXING, PLEASE INDICATE TO WHOM THE TESTIMONY IS BEING SUBMITTED, THE DATE AND TIME OF THE HEARING, AND THE REQUIRED NO. OF COPIES THAT IS NEEDED FOR SUBMITTAL.
IT IS ALSO 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 HSH COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-8552.
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.
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_______________________________________ Rep. Dennis A. Arakaki Chair |
________________________________________ Rep. Michael Puamamo Kahikina Chair |