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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NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Monday, February 14, 2005 |
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TIME: |
9:00 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 236 |
RELATING TO MEDICALLY ACCURATE SEX EDUCATION .Requires recipients of state funding that provide information or offer programs regarding sex education to provide medically accurate, factual information that is age-appropriate and includes education on both abstinence and contraception. |
HLT, FIN |
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HB 292 |
RELATING TO YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION .Establishes youth suicide prevention program for the State. |
HLT, FIN |
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HB 350 |
RELATING TO CIGARETTE TAX .Increases excise tax on cigarettes to $0.09, $0.11, and $0.13 per cigarette sold, used, or possessed by a wholesaler or dealer after 9/30/2005, 6/30/2006, and 6/30/2007, respectively, (amounting to $1.80, $2.20, and $2.60 per pack of 20 cigarettes). |
HLT, FIN |
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HB 379 |
RELATING TO THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND NUTRITION COALITION TASK FORCE .Establishes the physical activity and nutrition coalition task force for the State. |
HLT, FIN |
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HB 519 |
RELATING TO DENTAL HYGIENISTS .Authorizes the licensure of experienced dental hygienists who are licensed in another state with education and patient care licensing standards at least equivalent to Hawaii's standards. |
HLT, CPC |
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HB 541 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SENIOR CENTERS .Makes appropriations from emergency budget and reserve fund for senior centers of the Lanakila Multi-Purpose Senior Center, Moiliili Community Center, and Waikiki Community Center. |
HLT, FIN |
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HB 643 |
RELATING TO DENTAL INSURANCE .Allows the Insurance Division to continue protecting consumers from insolvent dental insurers, and handle complaints against dental insurers |
HLT, CPC |
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HB 652 |
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH .Expands the definition of "serious mental illness" to include delusional disorder, major depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, and dissociative disorder. |
HLT, CPC |
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HB 683 |
MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE ADULT MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION .Authorizes an emergency appropriation for FY 2004-2005 ($12,572,175) from general funds to the DOH, and increases the authorized expenditure limit for the mental health and substance abuse special fund expenditure ceiling an additional $2.5 million. |
HLT, FIN |
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HB 1058 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PHARMACY SERVICES AND SUPPLIES .Appropriates funds to the DOH for federally qualified health centers and the Medicine Bank to provide pharmacy services and supplies to low-income patients. |
HLT, FIN |
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HB 1188 |
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH .Exempts, from liability, contracted mental health providers that render services to certain conditionally released persons pursuant to statutory provisions relating to fitness to proceed and penal responsibility. |
HLT, JUD |
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 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 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. Dennis A. Arakaki Chair |