THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2005

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair

Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES

Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland, Chair

Senator Les Ihara, Jr., Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON MEDIA, ARTS, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Senator Carol Fukunaga, Chair

Senator David Y. Ige, Vice Chair

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Wednesday, February 16, 2005

TIME:

2:45 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 016

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

HTH/HMS/MAT

    

SB 1358

RELATING TO TELEHEALTH.

Requires DHS, Maui memorial medical center, & Maui community college nursing program to conduct a 2-year study of in-home telehealth monitoring services to high-risk/high-cost medicaid patients with frequent hospitalizations. Requires interim and final report. Appropriates $     for FY 2005-2006 & 2006-2007.

HTH/HMS/MAT, WAM

HTH/HMS

    

SB 1482

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR HUMAN SERVICES.

Appropriates funds for Bay Clinic Inc. for the construction of a new medical building and repairs and renovations to reopen an existing building.

HTH/HMS, WAM

HTH only

    

SB 1082

RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION.

Appropriates $5,000,000 for substance abuse prevention for youth, which shall include after school programs facilitated by the YMCA, the Weed and Seed program, the Boys and Girls Club, and the Lions Club.

HTH, WAM

SB 1737

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO NA LEI WILI AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER'S GROW OUR OWN HEALERS' PROGRAM.

Appropriates funds for Na Lei Wili Area Health Education Center's Grow Our Own Healers Youth Program and Health Corps Hawaii.

HTH, WAM

SB 1687

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 related companies that engage in the provision of medical services in order to facilitate the creation of an employee stock ownership plan.

HTH, WAM

SB 1197

RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE.

Requires health insurance plans to cover screening for colorectal cancer by colonoscopy every ten years, beginning at age fifty.

HTH, CPH

SCR 36

REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO ASSESS THE SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF REQUIRING HEALTH INSURERS TO OFFER COVERAGE FOR COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING BY COLONOSCOPY.

HTH, CPH

SB 1467

RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE.

Requires mandatory coverage for annual prostate cancer screening for men aged 40 and older by insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations.

HTH, CPH

SCR 29

REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO ASSESS THE SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF REQUIRING HEALTH INSURERS TO OFFER COVERAGE FOR THE EARLY DETECTION OF PROSTATE CANCER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROSTATE CANCER EARLY DETECTION GUIDELINES OF THE NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE CANCER NETWORK.

HTH, CPH

Pending re-referral

SB 132

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Enacts the hospital infections disclosure act to establish a uniform system of reporting hospital-acquired infections to the department of health and to make that information public.

HTH, CPH

SB 115

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Appropriates funds to the DOH to provide cost-effective medical care for uninsured Hawaii residents.

HTH, WAM

SB 1278

RELATING TO QUALIFIED IMPROVEMENT TAX CREDIT.

Provides a tax credit for improvements made to federally qualified health centers.

HTH, WAM

SB 1444

RELATING TO QUALIFIED MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT.

Provides income tax credit for investments in qualified mental health centers using new treatment modalities in decreasing percentages beginning in the year the investment is made and for the following 4 years. Requires certification from director of health. Applies to tax years beginning after 12/31/2005.

HTH, WAM

SB 1624

RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.

Exempts certain physicians from obtaining preauthorization prior to dispensing medications to HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C patients on medicaid.

HTH, CPH

SB 1310

RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON.

Adds violence against health care professionals to the offenses of assault in the second degree and terroristic threatening in the first degree.

HTH, JHW

SB 1769

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.

HTH, JHW
     

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

Persons wishing to testify should submit 30 copies of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 220, State Capitol, 24 hours prior to the hearing. Testimony may also be faxed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6659 or 1-800-586-6659 (toll free for neighbor islands), at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. When faxing, please indicate to whom the testimony is being submitted, the date and time of the hearing, and the required number of copies needed for submittal.

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign language interpreter, wheelchair accessibility, or parking designated for the disabled) please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.

Public Folder. A folder labeled "Public Folder" containing the measures and testimonies for the hearing will be available for shared use by members of the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6070.

 

 

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Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland

Chair

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Senator Rosalyn H. Baker

Chair

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Senator Carol Fukunaga

Chair