HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2006
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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. Heléne H. Hale |
Rep. Chris Halford |
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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. Chris Halford |
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Rep. Heléne H. Hale |
Rep. Bud Stonebraker |
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Rep. Michael Puamamo Kahikina |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Thursday, March 16,2006 |
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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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SB 2227 SD2 |
RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Establishes conditions for reimbursement of telehealth services. (SD2) |
HLT/HUS, CPC, FIN |
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SB 2563 SD1 |
RELATING TO SAGE PLUS. Appropriates funds for the Sage PLUS program to establish four .5 FTE Sage PLUS specialist positions to expand services to the neighbor islands and to support the program's operating costs. Grandfathers in existing Sage PLUS employees into civil service. (SD1) |
HLT/HUS, LAB, FIN |
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SB 3224 SD2 |
RELATING TO PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION. Improves access to psychotropic medication for all participants in all medicaid medical plans. (SD2) |
HLT/HUS, CPC, FIN |
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SB 2338 |
MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES DIVISION. Emergency appropriation to continue the Developmental Disabilities Division's efforts to meet state approved target numbers under the current Medicaid Home & Community Based Service Waiver Program (HCBS Waiver Program), to reasonably admit individuals to fulfill obligations. |
HLT/HUS, FIN |
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SB 2340 SD1 |
MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES. Makes emergency appropriation ($3,200,928) FY 2006, for early intervention services for infants and children from birth to 3 years of age with developmental delay or at biological or environmental risk for developmental delay. (SD1) |
HLT/HUS, FIN |
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SB 2724 SD2 |
RELATING TO CHILDREN. Directs the department of health to develop, beginning on July 1, 2007, an early intervention services program for children between age three and five with developmental delays and whose developmental age is younger than their chronological age. Allows parents the option of choosing DOE programs instead. Appropriates $ . (SD2) |
HLT/HUS, EDN, FIN |
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SB 3277 SD2 |
RELATING TO NURSE AIDES. Establishes certification procedures for nurse aides employed in State licensed or State certified health care settings and medicare/medicaid facilities. (SD2) |
HLT/HUS, CPC, FIN |
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HLT ONLY |
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SB 2347 SD1 |
MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES DIVISION. Emergency appropriation ($1,000,000) in Early Intervention Special Fund monies for FY 2005-2006 for the DOH Healthy Start Program. (SD1) |
HLT, FIN |
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SB 2337 SD1 |
MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE ADULT MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION. Emergency appropriation for 2005-2006 ($4,724,703) general FY funds. Authorizes an increase in the expenditure ceiling of the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Special Fund by an additional $6,148,944 to DOH, adult mental health division, for ongoing services provided at Hawaii State Hospital and community-based services. (SD1) |
HLT, FIN |
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SB 2339 SD2 |
MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SYSTEM BRANCH. Emergency appropriation ($7,154,735) for FY 2005-2006 to pay for ambulance services contracts and general operating costs for supplies and equipment, including negotiated collective bargaining costs. (SD2) |
HLT, FIN |
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SB 218 SD4 |
RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes EMT training stipend program to remedy shortage of MICT paramedics and assist 10 students per year who are public or private paramedics and cannot access a program. Appropriates unspecified amount. (SD4) |
HLT, LAB, FIN |
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The Following For Decision-Making Only |
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SB 2139 SD1 |
RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires recipients of state funding that provide information or offer programs regarding sex information to provide medically accurate, factual information that is age-appropriate and includes information on both abstinence and contraception. (SD1) |
HLT, JUD, FIN |
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SB 940 SD2 |
RELATING TO THE PATIENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT. Provides for review of ERISA-covered managed care plan coverage disputes by independent review organization, and review of non-ERISA plans by external review panel. Requires Commissioner to retain nonprofit as state health consumer advocate. (SD2) |
HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN |
DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
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________________________________________ Rep. Alex M. Sonson Chair |
________________________________________ Rep. Dennis A. Arakaki Chair |
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