THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2010

 

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES

Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland, Chair

Senator Les Ihara, Jr., Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Senator David Y. Ige, Chair

Senator Josh Green, M.D., Vice Chair

 

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Thursday,  February 4, 2010

TIME:

2:45 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 016

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A M E N D E D   A G E N D A

 

SB 2474

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR VIOLATIONS INVOLVING MINORS.

Establishes an immunity from prosecution for consumption of intoxicating liquor by a minor if the minor summons medical treatment for another minor who requires such treatment as a result of consuming liquor.  Also applies to the intoxicated minor and one or two other minors assisting summoning minor.

 

HMS/HTH, JGO

SB 2692

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO THE STATE FISCAL STABILIZATION FUND.

Ensures funds are available for future fiscal emergencies by renaming and revising the Emergency Budget and Reserve Fund to create the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund and requiring five percent of general fund end of year balances to be deposited into it.

 

HMS/HTH, WAM

SB 2693

        Testimony

        Status

PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII RELATING TO THE STATE FISCAL STABILIZATION FUND.

Ensures funds are available for future fiscal emergencies by creating the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund in the Constitution and requiring five percent of general fund end of year balances to be deposited into it.

 

HMS/HTH, JGO/WAM

SB 2719

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION.

Allows the Department of Human Services to improve the safety and cost-effectiveness of psychotropic medication use.

 

HMS/HTH, WAM

SB 2806

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO THE EMERGENCY AND BUDGET RESERVE FUND.

Amends section 328L-3, HRS, to allow for moneys to be deposited from the excess general fund balance and amends 2009 session laws to prevent the total repeal of section 328L-3, HRS.

 

HMS/HTH, WAM

SB 2931

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

Requires the department of health to develop a four-year state plan reflecting plans relating to mental health and substance abuse service delivery in each geographic service area and specifically highlighting special populations.  Requires the state council on mental health and substance abuse to review and comment on the plan.  Directs the department of health to review and update the plan every four years.  Directs the department of health to submit a draft of the plan to the legislature before the 2011 legislative session.

 

HTH/HMS, WAM

Measure added on

02-01-10

 

 

 

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

FOR AMENDED HEARING NOTICES:  If the notice is an amended notice, measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If there is a measure that is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

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 HMSTestimony@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 226, 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 4:00 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 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.

 

 

 

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Senator David Y. Ige

Chair

 

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Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland

Chair