HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2005

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Rep. Dennis A. Arakaki, Chair

Rep. Josh Green, M.D., Vice Chair

Rep. Rida T.R. Cabanilla

Rep. Alex M. Sonson

Rep. Helene H. Hale

Rep. Lynn Finnegan

Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES

Rep. Alex M. Sonson, Chair

Rep. Rida T.R. Cabanilla, Vice Chair

Rep. Dennis A. Arakaki

Rep. Bertha C. Kawakami

Rep. Josh Green, M.D.

Rep. Lynn Finnegan

Rep. Helène H. Hale

Rep. Bud Stonebraker

Rep. Michael Puamamo Kahikina

NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:

February 12, 2005

TIME:

9:30 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 329

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

HB 1054

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

Appropriates moneys for developmental disabilities residential service providers.

HLT/HUS, FIN

HB 1055

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

Authorizes the department of health to reimburse developmental disabilities residential services for individuals with developmental disabilities or mental retardation.

HLT/HUS, FIN

HB 1056

RELATING TO DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.

Provides that the plans of care for developmentally disabled persons provide for "support," and not training, of persons in the licensed developmental disabilities domiciliary homes. Requires DOH to determine the rate of payment for residents in licensed homes without specifying the methodology.

HLT/HUS, FIN

HB 1177

RELATING TO DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.

Requires community residential alternatives for persons with developmental disabilities or mental retardation to be in a setting of the person's choice if the person or the person's family and friends determine that the person can be sustained with supports, and the supports are attached to the person.

HLT/HUS, FIN

HB 1189

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Allows individuals with developmental disabilities to receive unlicensed home and community based services.

HLT/HUS, FIN

HB 117

RELATING TO ADULT RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES.

Requires DOH to adopt rules to allow a private pay resident in an expanded adult residential care home at the intermediate care facility level to have as the resident's case manager a family member who need not be a registered nurse.

HLT/HUS, FIN

HB 230

RELATING TO INCOME TAXATION.

Allows an income tax credit to physicians and dentists practicing in medically or dentally underserved areas for a portion of the amount of medical or dental malpractice premiums.

HLT/HUS, FIN

HB 95

RELATING TO LONG-TERM INSURANCE TAX CREDIT FOR SMALL BUSINESS.

Grants tax credit to small businesses at the lesser of 50% of premiums or $500 per employee for purchase of long-term care insurance for its employees. Defines small business as businesses employing less than 100 full-time or part-time workers.

HLT/HUS, FIN

HB 97

RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE.

Provides tax credit to resident taxpayers for long-term care insurance premiums at lesser of $2,500 or 50% of the amount of the insurance premium paid. If the tax credit is claimed, a medical expense deduction for long-term care insurance cost is prohibited.

HLT/HUS, FIN

HB 351

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR ADULT AND YOUTH DAY CARE.

Appropriates funds to Health for All to operate a pilot three-year project at the Waipahu Community Adult Day Health Care Center.

HLT/HUS, FIN

HB 233

RELATING TO THE CERVICAL CANCER ELIMINATION TASK FORCE.

Establishes the cervical cancer elimination task force for the State.

HLT/HUS, FIN

HB 249

RELATING TO THE CERVICAL CANCER ELIMINATION TASK FORCE.

Establishes the cervical cancer elimination task force for the State and appropriates funds.

HLT/HUS, FIN

HB 1260

RELATING TO ELDERLY CARE.

Extends the Program for All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) to June 30, 2007.

HLT/HUS, FIN

HB 103

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

Add language that prohibits the Department of Human Services from restricting a physician's abililty to treat patients with mental illnesses though the use of a restrictive formulary, therapeutic substitution, or preferred drug classification.

HLT/HUS, FIN

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

PERSONS WISHING TO TESTIFY ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT 25 COPIES OF THEIR TESTIMONY AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING TO: (1) THE HEALTH COMMITTEE'S VICE CHAIR IN ROOM 327, 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 HEALTH COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6050.

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. Alex M. Sonson

Chair

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Rep. Dennis A. Arakaki

Chair