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

 

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

TIME:

1:15pm- 2:00pm

PLACE:

Conference Room 016

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A M E N D E D  A G E N D A

 

 

 

GM 201

        Testimony

        Status

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the State Rehabilitation Council, Gubernatorial Nominee, NATHAN E. SAY, for a term to expire 6-30-2011.

 

HMS

GM 202

        Testimony

        Status

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Statewide Council on Independent Living, Gubernatorial Nominee, NATHAN E. SAY, for a term to expire 6-30-2014.

 

HMS

SB 2288

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

Requires the department of human services to notify clients of the transfer of the client from one case worker to another.

 

HMS

[Measure deleted on

02-12-10]

SCR 11

        Testimony

        Status

REQUESTING A STUDY ON THE AVAILABILITY OF AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS.

 

HMS, WAM

SR 21

                Testimony

                Status

 

REQUESTING A STUDY ON THE AVAILABILITY OF AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS.

 

HMS, WAM

SCR 31

                Testimony

                Status

EXTENDING THE DEADLINE FOR THE HOME FOR LIFE TASK FORCE TO REPORT ON ITS FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REDUCING BARRIERS TO AGING IN PLACE AND FACILITATING MULTIGENERATIONAL LIVING.

 

HMS

SR 24

                Testimony

                Status

EXTENDING THE DEADLINE FOR THE HOME FOR LIFE TASK FORCE TO REPORT ON ITS FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REDUCING BARRIERS TO AGING IN PLACE AND FACILITATING MULTIGENERATIONAL LIVING.

 

HMS

SCR 32

                Testimony

                Status

ESTABLISHING A HAWAII STATE FALL PREVENTION TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP A STATEWIDE APPROACH TO REDUCING FALLS AMONG OLDER ADULTS.

 

HMS

SR 23

                Testimony

                Status

ESTABLISHING A HAWAII STATE FALL PREVENTION TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP A STATEWIDE APPROACH TO REDUCING FALLS AMONG OLDER ADULTS.

 

HMS

 

 

 

 

 

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, Room226, 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