THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2010
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COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES |
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Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland, Chair |
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Senator Les Ihara, Jr., Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Thursday, January 28, 2010 |
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TIME: |
1:50 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 MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY. Requires the department of human services to provide medicaid presumptive eligibility to patients who have been waitlisted for long-term care; and conduct a study of a computerized medicaid applications system; requires reports to the legislature.
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HMS, WAM |
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RELATING TO QUEST HEALTH CARE PAYMENTS. Restores adult dental care under QUEST.
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HMS, WAM |
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RELATING TO SENIOR CITIZENS. Creates and implements a Silver Alert Program to be operated concurrently with the Maile Amber Alert Program to the greatest extent possible.
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HMS, JGO |
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RELATING TO LONG TERM CARE. Extends sunset date and reporting dates to legislature of long term care commission.
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HMS |
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RELATING TO CHILD VISITATION. Permits family court to award reasonable visitation to grandparents if denial of visitation would cause significant harm to the child. Establishes presumption that visitation decisions by parent are in the best interests of the child. Presumption may be rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence. Identifies factors court may consider in awarding visitation.
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HMS, JGO |
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RELATING TO CIVIL IDENTIFICATION. Requires nursing home administrator to make application for a state civil identification certificate on behalf of a resident of the nursing home who cannot appear in person due to infirmity.
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HMS, JGO |
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RELATING TO FAMILY COURT. Establishes a program in the family court for the registration of child custody evaluators. Allows board of family court judges to adopt certification of child custody evaluators.
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HMS, JGO |
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RELATING TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY POVERTY REDUCTION TASK FORCE. Establishes a joint legislative economic opportunity poverty reduction task force to advance economic opportunity to reduce by at least 50% by 2020, the number of Hawaii residents, including children and families, living in poverty.
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HMS, WAM |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR GENERAL ASSISTANCE. Makes appropriation out of the emergency and budget reserve fund for the general assistance program.
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HMS, WAM |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS. Appropriates general funds for domestic violence shelters.
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HMS, WAM |
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 Suzanne Chun Oakland Chair |
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