THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2007

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES AND PUBLIC HOUSING

Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland, Chair

Senator Les Ihara, Jr., Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Senator David Y. Ige, Chair

Senator Carol Fukunaga, Vice Chair

NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:	Monday, February 5, 2007
TIME:	1:15 p.m.
PLACE:	Conference Room 016 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

S.B. 164	RELATING TO NURSE AIDES Certifies nurse aides who work in nursing facilities participating in medicare and medicaid programs and in other state licensed and certified health care settings.	HSP/HTH, CPH
S.B. 241	RELATING TO COMMUNITY PLACEMENT Directs the departments of health and human services to maintain an inventory of all facilities licensed or certified under their jurisdiction and their vacancies to facilitate the placement of individuals in community-based facilities.	HTH/HSP, WAM
S.B. 242	RELATING TO DENTAL CARE Expands coverage under the State's Medicaid and QUEST programs to include comprehensive dental care for adults and appropriates funds to provide the additional coverage.	HSP/HTH, WAM
S.B. 674	RELATING TO MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY Includes marriage and family therapy among mental illness, alcohol and drug dependence benefits required within the hospital and medical coverage offered under accident and sickness insurance policies and similar insurance products.	HSP/HTH, CPH
S.B. 713	RELATING TO NURSE AIDES Establishes certification procedures for nurse aides employed in State licensed or State certified health care settings and medicare/Medicaid facilities.	HSP/HTH, CPH
S.B. 812	RELATING TO DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES Appropriates moneys to fund operations of developmental disabilities domiciliary homes and apartment complexes for persons with developmental disabilities.	HSP, WAM
S.B. 816	RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUG COST CONTAINMENT AND AFFORDABLE ACCESS Requires the director of human services to establish a pharmacy best practices and cost control program including Medicaid and other state public assistance health benefits plans, in which any public and private health plan may participate.  Includes a prescription drug preferred list and prior authorization review process.  Requires drug manufacturers to disclose economic benefits of $25 or more provided to persons who prescribe, dispense, or purchase prescription drugs.	HTH/HSP, CPH
S.B. 817	RELATING TO THE I-SAVERx PRESCRIPTION DRUG PROGRAM Directs governor to establish the State of Hawaii's participation in the I-SaveRx prescription drug program to provide residents with increased access to affordable drugs.	HTH/HSP
S.B. 820	RELATING TO DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES Extends the repeal date of Act 303, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006, relating to community residential alternatives for persons with developmental disabilities, from June 30, 2008, to June 30, 2009.	HTH/HSP, WAM
S.B. 970	RELATING TO DENTAL HEALTH Appropriates funds for a grant-in-aid to Hawaii Primary Care Association to establish or expand community-based dental health clinics that are operated by federally-qualified health centers to provide a continuum of dental care to QUEST-eligible adults and children, the developmentally disabled, and the uninsured.	HTH/HSP, WAM
S.B. 979	RELATING TO SUICIDE PREVENTION Establishes a youth suicide early intervention and prevention program.  Makes appropriations.	HSP/HTH, WAM
S.B. 1100	RELATING TO THE HAWAII CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE PROGRAM Creates a three-year pilot program in which DHS pays half of the premiums for the health care provided by a mutual benefit society to uninsured children thirty-one days to eighteen years old who are ineligible for other state or federal health care coverage.  Appropriates funds.  Sunsets June 30, 2011.	HSP/HTH, WAM
S.B. 1115	RELATING TO PERINATAL CARE Appropriates funds for the pilot perinatal clinic within the UH medical school department of obstetrics, gynecology, and women's health to help women with a history of substance abuse.	HTH/HSP, WAM
S.B.1176	RELATING TO CHILDREN Amends early intervention services law to be consistent with the reauthorized Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004.	HTH/HSP

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

Persons wishing to testify should submit 30 copies of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 226, 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.

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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 586-6130.

________________________________________ Senator David Y. Ige Chair

________________________________________ Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland Chair