SB 2005

RELATING TO MEDICAL RECORDS.

Amends the confidentiality provisions of the mental health, mental illness, drug addiction, and alcoholism law by changing "insurer" to "provider" to indicate that the provider may inform the patient of a reimbursement claim.

SB 2895

SD1, HD1

RELATING TO PEST CONTROL.

Specifies that a pest control operator must obtain and maintain continuous coverage of workers' compensation and liability insurance for licensure. Clarifies that the Board of Pest Control rather than the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs approve workers' compensation and liability insurance policies for licensure requirements. (SB2895 SD1)

SB 3190

SD1

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.

Requires the public utilities commission to revoke the certificates and permits of motor carriers who knowingly and willfully engage the services of commercial drivers who are not licensed as commercial drivers. (SD1)

REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A SUNRISE REVIEW OF THE REGULATION OF MONEY TRANSMITTERS.

URGING CONGRESS TO PASS FEDERAL LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO SAFE, AFFORDABLE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS BY ALLOWING PURCHASE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FROM CANADA AND OTHER COUNTRIES THAT MEET FEDERAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS AND REQUESTING THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO SUPPORT AND IMPLEMENT REIMPORTATION.

Decision making to follow.

SB 1549

SD1

RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY.

Allows private or government accounting experience to be applied towards the public accountancy experience requirement for the purpose of qualifying for a license, but not for a permit to practice. (SD1)

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE YOUTH OF THE FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY AGENCIES IN THE AREA TO DEVELOP COMMUNITY-BASED YOUTH PROGRAMS.

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO EXPLORE THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS OR DROPOUT CENTERS FOR ADOLESCENTS WHO SUFFER FROM DRUG ADDICTION.

REQUESTING THE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH A TASK FORCE TO ADDRESS PROBLEMS FACED BY MILITARY IMPACTED SCHOOLS.

CONTINUING THE JOINT SENATE-HOUSE INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE STATE'S EFFORTS TO COMPLY WITH THE FELIX CONSENT DECREE.

REQUESTING THE FORMATION OF A LONG-RANGE PLAN TO ADDRESS THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC AND SCHOOL LIBRARIES.

REQUESTING A STUDY OF GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER YOUTH OF HAWAII.

ENCOURAGING THE VARIOUS MEMBER LEAGUES OF THE HAWAII HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION TO CONSIDER CREATING MORE COMPETITIVE MULTIPLE ATHLETIC DIVISIONS FOR HAWAII'S SECONDARY SCHOOL'S SPORTS PROGRAMS.

REQUESTING CONGRESS TO SUPPORT FULL FUNDING FOR THE CARL D. PERKINS VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ACT.

REQUESTING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO INCLUDE WAIVERS OR MAKE CHANGES TO NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND AND PROVIDE SUFFICIENT FUNDING THAT WILL ALLOW HAWAII TO USE THE LAW AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE EDUCATION.

REQUESTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TASK FORCE ON ASIA-PACIFIC EDUCATION TO ENSURE THAT HAWAII'S STUDENTS MEET HIGH PERFORMANCE STANDARDS IN EDUCATION ABOUT ASIA AND THE PACIFIC AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF THE STATE'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE REGION.

SB 3135

SD1

RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST ST. FRANCIS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM OF HAWAII AND ITS AFFILIATES.

Issues special purpose revenue bonds to assist St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii and its affiliates in financing equipment purchases and the construction and improvement of health care facilities.

SB 3156

SD1

RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

Appropriates funds for professional development and training for Hawaii's paramedics.

SB 2686

SD2, HD1

RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY.

Provides that the Cancer Detection Development Revolving Fund also be used for cancer treatment. Appropriates funds.

SB 2948

SD2

RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING SERVICES.

Establishes the public health nursing services program, and sets forth the roles and functions of the program in the delivery of direct clinical nursing services.

SB 2608

SD1, HD1

RELATING TO CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITALS.

Makes permanent the exemption of critical access hospitals from Medicaid reimbursement equity; Extends the sunset date of the critical access hospital payment methodology using Medicare reasonable cost principles to June 30, 2006.

SB 2595

SD2, HD1

RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS.

Establishes the Mental Health Counselors Licensing Program. Appropriates funds.

SB 2929

SD1

RELATING TO MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT.

Changes the effective start date of the revised reimbursement methodology for long-term care services from 7/1/03 to 7/1/08. Eliminates the "sunset" provision of the original act to enable the new reimbursement methodology to continue.

SB 2165

SD1

RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE AND PROTECTION.

Requires the department of human services to implement a program to conform to the federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to provide drug affected newborns and their families with referral services, safe care, and triage procedures. Requires DHS to seek federal grants. Allows DHS to adopt necessary rules to obtain federal grants.

SB 3230

SD2, HD1

RELATING TO EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE.

Establishes a pilot project providing community-based, collaborative, and comprehensive early childhood care direct services for children under age five and their families in critical need areas as determined by the department of human services.

SB 2226

SD1

RELATING TO HOMELESS SERVICES.

Earmarks up to $          annually in unencumbered and unexpended funds from the unclaimed property trust fund for homeless services.

SB 2926

SD1, HD1

RELATING TO THE HOUSING LOAN AND MORTGAGE PROGRAMS.

Increases the bond authorization amount under the Hula Mae Multi-Family Housing Program from $200,000,000 to $300,000,000 to facilitate the development or rehabilitation of affordable rental housing projects.

SB 2364

SD1

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Provides a vehicle to change the income tax deduction provided to national guard members and reservists.

SB 2976

SD1

MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

Appropriates emergency funds to the Department of Public Safety for the purpose of transferring additional inmates to the Federal Detention Center or Mainland facilities.

SB 3222

SD2, HD1

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE.

Adds naturopathy to the personal injury protection benefits provided in a motor vehicle insurance policy; imposes the same limitations on naturopathy benefits as currently apply to chiropractic and acupuncture treatment.

SB 3025

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF PLANNING.

Requires the office of planning to report to the director of the department of business, economic development, and tourism; clarifies that DBEDT has sole jurisdiction over the land use commission, office of state planning, and state functional plans.

SB 3153

SD2, HD1

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR BIOREMEDIATION RESEARCH.

Appropriates funds for soil renutrification of agricultural lands in West Maui.

SB 3002

HD1

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PROJECT EAST INITIATIVE IN HAWAII'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Makes an appropriation for the continuation and expansion of the project east (environmental and spatial technology) initiative in Hawaii's public schools.

SB 2242

SD1, HD1

RELATING TO EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLANS.

Creates an exemption from the general excise tax for a management company that contracts to provide managerial and operational services to companies that engage in the provision of medical services in order to facilitate the creation of an employee stock ownership plan.

SB 2269

SD2, HD1

RELATING TO ENTERPRISE ZONES.

Removes provisions that restrict telecommunications from being designated a qualified business for enterprise zone purposes.

SB 2558

SD2, HD1

RELATING TO THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY.

Increases the tax credit for performing arts products, sound recordings, and digital media products produced in the State, provided that certain expenditure levels and below-the-line hiring requirements are met.

SB 2909

SD1

RELATING TO APPLICATIONS SEEKING GENERAL RATE INCREASES FILED BY PUBLIC UTILITIES HAVING ANNUAL GROSS REVENUES OF LESS THAN $2,000,000.

Establishes rate filing procedures for public utilities with annual gross revenues under $2 million. Requires use of standard form application and public hearing. Requires utilities to file annual financial statements and updated chart of account.

SB 3024

SD2, HD1

RELATING TO CAPITAL FORMATION.

Creates the Hawaii Private Investment Fund to increase the availability of equity and debt capital, establishes a tax credit for Hawaii business-research institutes, tightens eligibility requirements under Act 221, SLH 2001, creates a Corporate Investigation Team in the Department of Taxation, and changes all dollar amounts, percentages, rations, and dates to "blanks".

SB 1611

PROPOSED HD2

RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM.

PROPOSED HD2: Makes clarifying amendments to the Deposit Beverage Container Program.

SB 2840

SD2, HD1

RELATING TO TOBACCO.

Prohibits the distribution of untaxed cigarettes via telephone, mail order, the Internet, or other on-line sources to address the availability of low-priced cigarettes to underage smokers; Revises provisions relating to the AG's seizure and confiscation authority; Limits supersedeas bond amount for tobacco master settlement signatories to ensure their ability to continue to make settlement payments.

SB 3148

SD2, HD2

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Allows the establishment of a noncontiguous host culture charter school district under the board of education to be monitored by a host culture district council as a 5-year pilot demonstration project. Allows the establishment of a noncontiguous charter school district under the board of education.

ENCOURAGING THE HAWAII'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT, RELIEF, AND EDUCATION FOR ALIEN MINORS ("DREAM") ACT.

ENCOURAGING THE HAWAII'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT, RELIEF, AND EDUCATION FOR ALIEN MINORS ("DREAM") ACT.

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF A STATE GRADUATE MANAGEMENT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF A STATE GRADUATE MANAGEMENT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.

URGING HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS TO REFUND OR REIMBURSE TUITION MONEY TO STUDENT MEMBERS OF THE HAWAII NATIONAL GUARD OR MILITARY RESERVES WHO ARE DEPLOYED DURING A SCHOOL SESSION.

URGING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TO SPEEDILY REBUILD A SCHOOL OF GLOBAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH.

STRONGLY URGING THE GOVERNOR TO RELEASE THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PARADISE PARK IN MANOA.

REQUESTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ALOHA CORPS.

REQUESTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ALOHA CORPS.

ENCOURAGING A COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO.

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND FINANCE TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF MAKING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO AN INDEPENDENT INSTITUTION.

SCR 20

REQUESTING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TO UPDATE THE 1994 DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES' MASTER BUILDING PLAN FOR THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION.

Professor Thorsteinn Sigfusson

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Icelandic New Energy

URGING THE SETTING OF AN EXAMPLE TO OUR CHILDREN AND OUT-OF-STATE VISITORS BY DESIGNATING ALL AREAS OF THE STATE CAPITOL SMOKE-FREE.

SUPPORTING AND ENCOURAGING NATIONAL, STATE AND LOCAL EFFORTS TO SECURE ACCESS AND REMOVE BARRIERS TO HEALTHCARE FOR MEN AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS.

SUPPORTING AND ENCOURAGING NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL EFFORTS TO SECURE ACCESS AND REMOVE BARRIERS TO HEALTH CARE FOR MEN AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS.

HLT

REQUESTING A PLAN TO PROCURE AND DISTRIBUTE MARIJUANA PLANTS OR PRODUCTS TO PATIENTS REGISTERED WITH THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROGRAM AND REQUESTING AN INVESTIGATION ON THE APPLICATION OF MARIJUANA TO COMBAT CRYSTAL METHAMPHETAMINE ADDICTION.

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO EVALUATE AND RECOMMEND POSSIBLE STATUTORY AND OTHER CHANGES TO DELIVER PROMPT AND APPROPRIATE MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT TO THOSE COMMITTED TO THE HAWAII STATE HOSPITAL UNDER CHAPTER 704, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.

URGING CONGRESS TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR VETERANS BENEFITS AND SERVICES AND EXPRESSING DISAPPOINTMENT IN PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH'S PLANS TO REDUCE VETERANS BENEFITS.

URGING CONGRESS TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR VETERANS BENEFITS AND SERVICES AND EXPRESSING DISAPPOINTMENT IN PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH'S PLANS TO REDUCE VETERANS BENEFITS.

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO REVIEW AND CONSIDER WHETHER THE EXCEPTION OF PSEUDOEPHEDRINE FROM THE REPORTING, RECORDKEEPING, AND PERMIT REQUIREMENTS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO LIST 1 CHEMICALS SHOULD BE REPEALED.

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO REVIEW AND CONSIDER WHETHER THE EXCEPTION OF PSEUDOEPHEDRINE FROM THE REPORTING, RECORDKEEPING, AND PERMIT REQUIREMENTS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO LIST 1 CHEMICALS SHOULD BE REPEALED.

REQUESTING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO SUPPORT H.R. 677 EXTENDING VETERANS' BENEFITS TO FILIPINO VETERANS.

REQUESTING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO SUPPORT H.R. 677 EXTENDING VETERANS' BENEFITS TO FILIPINO VETERANS.

URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO SUPPORT THE PASSAGE OF S. 68, RELATING TO IMPROVING BENEFITS FOR FILIPINO VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II.

URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO SUPPORT THE PASSAGE OF S. 68, RELATING TO IMPROVING BENEFITS FOR FILIPINO VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II.

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM TO DEVELOP INCREASED EXPERTISE TO ASSIST HAWAI`I BUSINESSES WITH PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND OTHER STATE GOVERNMENTS AND TERRITORIES.

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENTS OF TAXATION AND BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM TO CONDUCT A REVIEW AND COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF ALL CURRENT TAX INCENTIVES UNDER TITLE 14, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM TO DEVELOP INCREASED EXPERTISE TO ASSIST HAWAI`I BUSINESSES WITH PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND OTHER STATE GOVERNMENTS AND TERRITORIES.

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENTS OF TAXATION AND BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM TO CONDUCT A REVIEW AND COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF ALL CURRENT TAX INCENTIVES UNDER TITLE 14, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.