HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2005
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COMMITTEE ON HEALTH |
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Rep. Dennis A. Arakaki, Chair |
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Rep. Josh Green, M.D., Vice Chair |
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Rep. Rida T.R. Cabanilla |
Rep. Alex M. Sonson |
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Rep. Helene H. Hale |
Rep. Lynn Finnegan |
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Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto |
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COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES |
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Rep. Alex M. Sonson, Chair |
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Rep. Rida T.R. Cabanilla, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Dennis A. Arakaki |
Rep. Bertha C. Kawakami |
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Rep. Josh Green, M.D. |
Rep. Lynn Finnegan |
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Rep. Helène H. Hale |
Rep. Bud Stonebraker |
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Rep. Michael Puamamo Kahikina |
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NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
February 12, 2005 |
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TIME: |
9:30 a.m. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 329 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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HB 1054 |
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES .Appropriates moneys for developmental disabilities residential service providers. |
HLT/HUS, FIN |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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HB 1189 |
RELATING TO HEALTH .Allows individuals with developmental disabilities to receive unlicensed home and community based services. |
HLT/HUS, FIN |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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HB 233 |
RELATING TO THE CERVICAL CANCER ELIMINATION TASK FORCE .Establishes the cervical cancer elimination task force for the State. |
HLT/HUS, FIN |
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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 |
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HB 1260 |
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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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 |
________________________________________ Rep. Dennis A. Arakaki Chair |