HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2005
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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 |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2005 |
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TIME: |
9 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 336 |
RELATING TO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. Requires DHS to annually identify employers of applicants for medical assistance programs and disclose them to the legislature. Requires report to include cost of medical assistance to these applicants. Requires DHS to make public these employers without identifying individual applicants. |
HUS, JUD, FIN |
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HB 334 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. Requires the department of human services to annually report on private sector employers with more than fifty employees who receive medical care or benefits from public assistance programs. |
HUS, LAB, FIN |
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HB 537 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE KAPIOLANI CHILD AT-RISK EVALUATION PROGRAM. Appropriates funds for Kapiolani Child At-Risk Evaluation program. |
HUS, FIN |
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HB 360 |
RELATING TO FOSTER CHILDREN. Establishes a Foster Children's Bill of Rights. Allows foster children to apply for a driver's license with the written consent of the Department of Human Services. Requires a foster child's natural parents to pay for the child's car insurance and provides for free insurance if the child's parents are unable to pay. Allows higher education board allowances to be paid directly to former foster children. |
HUS, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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HB 357 |
RELATING TO THE EDUCATION OF FOSTER YOUTH. Changes eligibility requirements to receive higher education board allowances for foster children attending college from a maximum age requirement (less than age 22) to a maximum time period (5½ years). Prohibits the use of federal funds to pay for the allowance if the former foster child is 21 years old or older. |
HUS, FIN |
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HB 239 |
RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTS. Extends the individual development account tax credit for five years. Authorizes financial institutions to claim the tax credit and use part of the private funds contributed for ministerial purposes. Raises contribution and tax credit ceiling from $1 million to $2 million. |
HUS, FIN |
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HB 243 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. Increases standard of need from the 1993 federal poverty level to an annually updated poverty level for the current year. Includes the general assistance (GA) and aged, blind, and disabled programs for the calculation. Removes limitation on making GA payments only from total appropriations made for GA. |
HUS, FIN |
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HB 244 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. Requires the Department of Human Services to recognize individuals who have not received a decision on their application for public assistance within 45 days to be presumptively eligible until an eligibility decision is made. |
HUS, FIN |
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HB 356 |
RELATING TO YOUTH CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. Requires OYS to obtain legislative approval before transferring any incarcerated juvenile from the HYCF to an out-of-state youth correctional facility; requires adequate notice to the incarcerated juvenile's parent or legal guardian. |
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DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
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________________________________________ Rep. Alex M. Sonson Chair |