HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2005
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COMMITTEE ON FINANCE |
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Rep. Dwight Y. Takamine, Chair |
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Rep. Bertha C. Kawakami, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Mele Carroll |
Rep. Clift Tsuji |
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Rep. Pono Chong |
Rep. Glenn Wakai |
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Rep. Cindy Evans |
Rep. Ryan I. Yamane |
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Rep. Jon Riki Karamatsu |
Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita |
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Rep. Marilyn B. Lee |
Rep. Galen Fox |
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Rep. Michael Y. Magaoay |
Rep. Colleen Rose Meyer |
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Rep. Bob Nakasone |
Rep. Mark S. Moses |
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Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto |
Rep. Kymberly N. Pine |
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Rep. Kameo Tanaka |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
THURSDAY, March 31, 2005 |
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TIME: |
4:30 P.M. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 308 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A # 4
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SB 3 SD2, HD1 (HSCR1198) |
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Creates a new category of residential services for persons with developmental disabilities or mental retardation. Authorizes the department of health to license, certify, regulate or enter into purchase of service agreements for domiciliary homes and apartment complexes for persons with developmental disabilities or mental retardation. Clarifies that the department of human services is not excluded from licensing, certifying and regulating child foster homes and providers that serve persons with developmental disabilities or mental retardation. Appropriates a sum to be expended for the purposes of the Act. |
HLT/HUS, FIN |
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SB 561 SD1, HD1 (HSCR1155) |
RELATING TO CAREGIVER COORDINATOR POSITION. Establishes a caregiver coordinator position in the executive office on aging. |
HLT/HUS, FIN |
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SB 1235 (HSCR1124) |
RELATING TO ELDERLY CARE. Extends the Program for All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) to June 30, 2007. |
HLT/HUS, FIN |
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SB 527 SD2, HD1 (HSCR1154) |
RELATING TO PURCHASES OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. Allows contracts purchasing health and human services for county agencies, to be awarded under chapter 103F. |
HLT/HUS, FIN |
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SB 116 SD2, HD1 (HSCR1141) |
RELATING TO NURSES. Establishes a nursing scholars program to attract nurses with a bachelor's degree in nursing into a master's or doctoral program to prepare them for academic careers. Reestablishes the two-year Operation Nightingale program to help nurses review and train for the state Board of Nursing examination. |
HLT, FIN |
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SB 244 SD2 (HSCR1232) |
RELATING TO LONG TERM CARE. Establishes a long-term care resource program initiative at Kapiolani community college. Appropriates funds. |
HUS/HLT, HED, FIN |
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SB 1772 SD1, HD2 (HSCR1272) |
RELATING TO EMPLOYERS. Requires each applicant for medical assistance to identify the employer of the proposed beneficiary of medical assistance; requires the Department of Human Services (DHS) to submit an annual report to the Legislature identifying all employers who employ 25 or more beneficiaries of medical assistance programs. |
HUS, JUD, FIN |
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SB 1750 SD2, HD1 (HSCR1249) |
RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT OF TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES PROGRAMS AND FUNDING EXPENDITURES. Authorizes the Senate Ways and Means, Health, and Human Services and House Finance, Health, and Human Services committees to serve as a joint legislative oversight committee to oversee and evaluate Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program implementation, TANF fund expenditures, and Medicaid waiver applications. |
HUS, FIN |
DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
PERSONS WISHING TO TESTIFY ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT 45 COPIES OF THEIR TESTIMONY AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING TO: (1) ROOM 306, 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. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6200.
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________________________________________ Rep. Dwight Takamine Chair |