THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2009
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COMMITTEE ON HEALTH |
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Senator David Y. Ige, Chair |
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Senator Josh Green, M.D., Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Monday February 9, 2009 |
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TIME: |
2:45 PM |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 016 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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RELATING TO TAX ON TOBACCO PRODUCTS OTHER THAN CIGARETTES. Increases the tobacco tax on tobacco products other than cigarettes from 40% to 60% of the wholesale price and deposits 33.3% of the proceeds collected into the community health centers special fund.
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HTH, WAM |
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RELATING TO TOBACCO. Removes sunset clause in Act 131, Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, which contains a repeal date of July 1, 2009, and keeps in place the requirement that an entity engaged in the retail sale of cigarettes or other tobacco products obtain a retail tobacco permit.
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HTH, WAM |
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RELATING TO CIGARETTES. Prohibits sale, distribution, and import of purse packs of cigarettes or cigarette packs containing fewer than 20 cigarettes per pack. Defines "purse pack". Imposed fines. |
HTH, CPN |
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RELATING TO TOBACCO. Makes permanent the retail tobacco permit law. |
HTH, WAM |
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RELATING TO SMOKING. Allows condominium property regimes and cooperative housing corporations to prohibit smoking pursuant to an adoption of a rule. |
HTH, CPN |
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RELATING TO SMOKING. Prohibits smoking on public beaches, parks, and certain recreational areas during certain community events. |
HTH, JGO |
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RELATING TO THE LIQUOR TAX LAW. Increases the liquor tax and directs the increased revenues to the health systems special fund. |
HTH, WAM |
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RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Establishes limited immunity for seeking medical assistance for victims of drug overdoses. |
HTH, JGO |
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RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Makes Hawaii's controlled substance laws consistent with that of federal law and clarifies sections of chapter 329 relating to controlled substances. |
HTH, JGO |
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RELATING TO REMOTE DISPENSING PHARMACIES. Allows remote dispensing pharmacies to operate on islands without a pharmacy, provide medications to patients with health insurance, and dispense controlled substances. |
HTH, CPN |
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RELATING TO REMOTE DISPENSING. Allows persons in remote areas that have no pharmacy to obtain prescription drugs through telepharmacy at a dispensing pharmacy, even if they have health insurance. |
HTH, CPN |
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RELATING TO AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS. Specifies that any person who provides for an automated external defibrillator training program is generally immune from vicarious civil liability resulting from any act or omission of a Good Samaritan attempting to use the device to resuscitate a person.
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HTH, JGO |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL ORDERS. Clarifies that, under certain conditions, a physician assistant acts as agent of the supervising physician when issuing a medical order and the order is deemed to be issued by the supervising physician. Clarifies that, under certain conditions, when following a medical order issued by a physician assistant, a registered nurse follows a medical order issued by the supervising physician for whom the physician assistant acts as agent. Does not relieve physician assistants or registered nurses from exercising due care in performing within their respective scope of practice.
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HTH, CPN |
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RELATING TO EPIDEMIOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS. Grants the Department of Health authority to take samples necessary for epidemiologic investigations. |
HTH, JGO |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes a licensure program for genetic counselors. |
HTH, CPN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes the heart healthy working group to develop a plan to eliminate or drastically reduce the use of trans fats in Hawaii's food preparation and food service industry. |
HTH |
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RELATING TO SINGLE-USE MEDICAL DEVICES. Requires health care providers to obtain informed consent from patients for use of certain reprocessed medical devices. Requires director of health to provide oversight and to adopt rules pertaining to reprocessed single-use devices. |
HTH, CPN |
Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
Persons wishing to testify should submit testimony in one of the following ways by 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the hearing:
· By Email: Testimony may be emailed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Committee at HTHTestimony@Capitol.hawaii.gov . Please indicate the measure, date and time of the hearing. Email sent to individual offices or any other Senate office will not be accepted.
· By Web: Testimony may be submitted online if less than 4MB in size, at http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/emailtestimony.
· In person: 1 copy of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 215, State Capitol.
· By fax: Testimony may 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 which committee the testimony is being submitted and the date and time of the hearing.
Please note: If you submit your written testimony after 4:30 p.m. the day prior to the hearing, please sign-in at the staff table to testify orally. A copy of your testimony may not be available during the hearing but will be posted online for the public after the hearing.
If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.
Please note: All testimony received by the Hawaii Senate will be posted on the Hawaii Legislature's Website. Documents made available through the Testimony hyperlink(s) above may not be posted until the start of the hearing.
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 586-6363.
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________________________________________ Senator David Y. Ige Chair |