OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
TWENTY-FOURTH STATE LEGISLATURE
COMMITTEE REFERRALS
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NO. 26
21st LEGISLATIVE DAY-FEBRUARY 15, 2008
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Committee Abbreviations:
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AGR - Agriculture |
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CPC - Consumer Protection & Commerce |
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EDB - Economic Development & Business Concerns |
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EDN - Education |
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EEP - Energy & Environmental Protection |
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FIN - Finance |
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HED - Higher Education |
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HLT - Health |
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HSH - Human Services & Housing |
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INT - International Affairs |
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JUD - Judiciary |
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LAB - Labor & Public Employment |
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LMG - Legislative Management |
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PSM - Public Safety & Military Affairs |
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TAC - Tourism & Culture |
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TRN - Transportation |
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WLH - Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs |
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REFERRAL
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REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, TO RECONSIDER THE PROPOSED RULE AMENDMENT USCBP-2007-0098, HAWAII COASTWISE CRUISES.
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REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, THE SENATE, AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO STUDY ISSUES RELATING TO THE CONTINUATION OF STATE GOVERNMENT DURING AN EMERGENCY.
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CALLING FOR A JOINT SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE FOR THE PURPOSE OF APPOINTING THE DIRECTOR OF THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU.
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REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, TO RECONSIDER THE PROPOSED RULE AMENDMENT USCBP-2007-0098, HAWAII COASTWISE CRUISES.
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REQUESTING THAT PAHOA HIGH AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DEDICATE ITS GYMNASIUM IN HONOR OF FORMER REPRESENTATIVE HELENE H. HALE, BY CHANGING THE NAME OF THE GYMNASIUM TO "HELENE H. HALE GYMNASIUM."
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SUPPORTING THE DESIGNATION OF APRIL 6TH OF EVERY YEAR AS TARTAN DAY IN HAWAII.
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RELATING TO ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILES. Requires the department of business, economic development, and tourism to develop an implementation plan to increase electric and energy-efficient automobile use in Hawaii. (SD1)
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EEP/TRN, FIN |
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RE-REFERRAL
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires the Insurance Commissioner facilitate an audit of each domestic mutual benefit society to report the financial condition and the results of operations of the mutual benefit society and value of the services provided to the people of the State of Hawaii compared to that of the mutual benefit society's tax exemption. (HB877 HD1)
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RELATING TO TAXATION OF PREMIUMS. Eliminates the premium tax on health insurers of prepaid health care plan contracts. (HB1474 HD1)
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Authorizes the Insurance Commissioner to administer then transfer to a non-profit agency, a purchasing pool giving employers access to reduced-cost health care coverage for part-time and temporary employees, sole proprietors, and family businesses not covered under the Prepaid Health Care Act.
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RE-REFERRAL
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RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. Establishes a Legislative Protocol Fund to welcome and extend protocol courtesies to visiting international dignitaries and government officials. (HB1975 HD1)
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RELATING TO CANCER. Requires insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for oral chemotherapy. (HB2013 HD1)
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Prohibits health plans from requiring prior authorization for persons before receiving general Obstetric/Gynecological services or treatment for Hepatitis C. (HB2015 HD1)
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RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Requires health insurance plans to include methods of oral chemotherapy treatment as a medical benefit and not as a drug benefit.
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RELATING TO ANATOMICAL TRANSPLANTS. Prohibits health insurers from denying or limiting coverage for organ or tissue transplantation services on the basis that the insured, member, enrollee, or subscriber is infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. (HB2119 HD1)
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RELATING TO CAPTIVE INSURANCE. Forms a captive insurance company to provide medical malpractice insurance to self-employed medical doctors. (HB2151 HD1)
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RELATING TO THE CONVEYANCE TAX. Extends the sunset date for the allocation of 50% of the conveyance tax to the rental housing trust fund from 6/30/08 to 6/30/13.
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RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY. Appropriates funds to the Judiciary for FY 2008-2009.
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RELATING TO THE STATE FIRE COUNCIL. Establishes 2 full-time equivalency positions for the state fire council, an administrator and an administrative assistant, to be funded by the department of labor and industrial relations.
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RELATED TO TOWING. Allows towing companies to charge overtime fees during certain hours of operations. Requires tow companies operating in a county with a population of 500,000 or more to offer consumer service 24 hours a day.
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RELATING TO ENDANGERED SPECIES. Authorizes the development and use of programmatic safe harbor agreements and programmatic habitat conservation plans that cover multiple landowners or a class of landowners and over a wide area or region. (HB3181 HD1)
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