HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2008
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COMMITTEE ON HEALTH |
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Rep. Josh Green, M.D., Chair |
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Rep. John Mizuno, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Karen Leinani Awana |
Rep. Karl Rhoads |
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Rep. Della Au Belatti |
Rep. Maile S. L. Shimabukuro |
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Rep. Joe Bertram, III |
Rep. James Kunane Tokioka |
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Rep. Rida T.R. Cabanilla |
Rep. Gene Ward, Ph.D. |
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COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES & HOUSING |
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Rep. Maile S. L. Shimabukuro, Chair |
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Rep. Karl Rhoads, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Karen Leinani Awana |
Rep. Josh Green, M.D. |
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Rep. Della Au Belatti |
Rep. John Mizuno |
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Rep. Joe Bertram, III |
Rep. James Kunane Tokioka |
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Rep. Rida T.R. Cabanilla |
Rep. Gene Ward, Ph.D. |
AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Friday February 1, 2008 |
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TIME: |
8 a.m. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 329 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A M E N D E D A G E N D A
Added the following measures: HB2169, HB2170, HB2171, HB2438
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RELATING TO CAREGIVERS. Amends the temporary disability insurance law to permit an eligible employee to collect up to 4 weeks of temporary disability insurance benefit payments to care for a family member with a qualifying disability. Effective 07/01/09.
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HLT/HSH, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO PERINATAL CARE. Appropriates funds to continue operations and services for the perinatal clinic within the department of human services.
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HLT/HSH, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Establishes the Hawaii Health Corps Program to provide student loans and physician and dentist stipends, and makes the enterprise zone business tax credit and general excise tax exemption available to physicians and dentists who practice in those enterprise zones. Requires participants in the Hawaii Health Corps Program to serve as first responders in times of civil defense or other emergencies declared by the governor.
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HLT, HED, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EMPLOYEES IN THE COUNTY OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds for the employer contribution share of retirement funds for emergency medical services employees in the county of Hawaii.
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HLT, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Requires insurers that offer health care coverage to the regular employees of any group or association to offer the same coverage to part-time employees working at least 15 hours per week; insurance commissioner to report on Act's cost-benefit to the 2010 legislature; sunsets July 1, 2010.
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HLT, EDB, CPC |
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RELATING TO OSTEOPATHY. Includes doctors of osteopathy in the medical doctors chapter (chapter 453) so that the Board of Medical Examiners may treat medical doctors and doctors of osteopathy in the same manner; repeals osteopathy chapter (chapter 460).
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Establishes loan repayment program for University of Hawaii medical school graduates working in rural areas of the State.
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HLT, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Provides a good Samaritan exemption from civil damages for physicians practicing medicine in health professional shortage areas and rural areas of the state.
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HLT, JUD/CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO ADVERTISING BY MANUFACTURERS OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND DISCLOSURE OF CLINICAL TRIALS. Requires prescription drug ads to meet federal standards, public disclosure of clinical trial information, and drug manufacturers to pay fees to department of health to fund a public education initiative on clinical trials and drug safety. Establishes special fund.
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HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Improves the Insurance Commissioner's ability to protect consumers from improper transactions between health insurance companies and their affiliates by authorizing the Commissioner to monitor the relationships and transactions between these companies and their affiliates.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONDITIONAL RELEASE Provide statutory guidance and clarification on the seventy-two (72) hour hold and extended hold process, especially as it relates to patients under Conditional Release (CR) from the State Hospital or related facility.
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HLT, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. Appropriates funds for the Department of Defense in cooperation with the Department of Health to begin necessary preparations to establish a mobile emergency hospital unit in Hawaii as a shared resource between the Department of Defense and the Department of Health, based on the known need for a comprehensive natural and man-made disaster response plan.
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HLT, PSM, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form bill relating to health.
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HLT |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form bill relating to health.
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HLT |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form bill relating to health.
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HLT |
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RELATING TO CIGARETTES. Prohibits sale of cigarettes in Hawaii that are not reduced ignition propensity "fire-safe" beginning 07/01/09. Sets civil fines and requires state fire council to adopt rules to enforce law.
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HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA. Authorizes the use of a written certification or its equivalent issued by another state government to permit the medical use of marijuana by a qualifying patient in place of a certificate provided by the Department of Public Safety.
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HLT, PSM/JUD |
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RELATING TO MARIJUANA. Authorizes the establishment of a secure growing facility for the production of medical marijuana for not more than fourteen qualified patients.
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HLT, PSM/JUD, FIN |
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DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
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· The Committee the comments are directed to;
· The date and time of the hearing;
· Measure number; and
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Submit testimony in ONE of the following ways:
PAPER: 5 copies (including an original) to Room 436 in the State Capitol; or
FAX: For comments less than 5 pages in length, transmit to 586-6051(Oahu) or 1-800-535-3859 (Neighbor Islands).
EMAIL: For comments less than 5 pages in length, transmit to HLTtestimony@Capitol.hawaii.gov.
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________________________________________ Rep. Maile Shimabukuro Chair |
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________________________________________ Rep. Joshua B. Green, M.D. Chair |
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