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. |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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Friday, February 8, 2008 |
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8:00 a.m. |
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Conference Room 329 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
SECOND AMENDED AGENDA
This agenda has been amended as follows:
HB2385 & HB2411 previously scheduled on February 6, 2008 has been added as mentioned at the hearing
HB2675 has been added for decision making only
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides a tax credit to caregivers who care for qualified care recipients.
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HLT/HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO KIDNEY DISEASE. Awards a grant to St. Francis Healthcare System to support the modified home care and community health demonstration project; requires $1,000,000 in matching funds. Effective 7/1/08.
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HLT/HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO DENTISTS. Requires rates of payment to dentists to be based on the 75th percentile of the usual, customary, and reasonable fee established by insurers for services provided by dentists. Defines the term "usual, customary, and reasonable fee".
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HLT/HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO DENTISTRY. Prohibits interference by an unlicensed person or entity in the practice of dentistry. Prohibits the practice of dentistry in a commercial or mercantile establishment
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO TUBERCULOSIS. Appropriates funds for tuberculosis treatment.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO FOOD. Bans the use of the artificial sweetener aspartame in food products.
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HLT, EDB/CPC |
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RELATING TO VACCINES. Ensures an informed consent prior to the administration of a vaccine containing any amount of mercury through the provision of written material containing information about the possible effects of the use of such vaccines.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO EPILEPSY DISEASE ASSISTANCE. Creates epilepsy treatment and education grants-in-aid fund to help epilepsy victims and families. Creates advisory committee to recommend to DOH the creation of treatment and education programs. Exempts fund from transfers for central service expenses and pro rata administrative expenses. Appropriation.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE CENTER FOR NURSING. Extending the sunset date of the deposit and disbursement of certain nursing fees into the Compliance Resolution Fund to the credit of the Center For Nursing Special Fund. (HB2134 HD1)
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HED, HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROFESSIONS. Repeals sunset provisions for Chapter 453D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to mental health counselors.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Provides a tax credit for the costs incurred in the construction and improvement of long-term care facilities. (HB2171 HD1)
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HLT |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Changes the name of the "Board of Medical Examiners" to the "Hawaii Medical Board". (HB2169 HD1)
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HLT |
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST CASTLE MEDICAL CENTER AND ITS AFFILIATES. Authorizes special purpose revenue bonds to assist Castle Medical Center.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO JURIES. Adds a jury service exemption for actively practicing psychologists.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Authorizes prescriptive authority for qualified psychologists who practice at a federally qualified health center.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO DENTISTS. Authorizes the board of dental examiners to sanction licensees for false or misleading advertising.
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HLT, CPC |
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DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW |
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Decision Making only
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. Requires department of health to establish a 2-year pilot project on Oahu to equip paramedics to transmit electrocardiogram data in the field or in ambulances directly to a hospital's emergency room or to a cardiologist prior a cardiac patient's arrival at an emergency room. Makes appropriation from the emergency medical services special fund.
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HLT, 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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________________________________________ Rep. Maile Shimabukuro Chair |
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________________________________________ Rep. Joshua B. Green, M.D. Chair |
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