THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2010
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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: |
Friday, January 29, 2010 |
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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 HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS. To increase health insurance premium transparency and to require a minimum amount of premiums to be spent on medical expenses.
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HTH, CPN |
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RELATING TO LIMITED BENEFIT HEALTH INSURANCE. Excludes limited benefit health insurance from provisions of chapter 431:10A enacted after July 1, 2010.
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HTH, CPN |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MAMMOGRAMS. Prohibits an insurer from requiring a doctor's referral for annual mammograms for covered individuals over forty years old.
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RELATING TO BUILDING DESIGN FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. Allows the disability and communication access board to charge a fee to defray expenses of review of construction plans to ensure compliance with law. Establishes temporary fees until the board adopts permanent fees.
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RELATING TO TRANS FATS. Prohibits foods containing artificial trans fat from being stored, distributed, or served by, or used in the preparation of any food within, a food establishment. Commences with ban on oils, shortening, and margarines with trans fat effective 01/01/11, and progresses with ban on food containing trans fat effective 01/01/12.
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RELATING TO TOXIC SUBSTANCES. Establishes the toxic mold remediation task force to examine the potential hazards of toxic indoor mold and fungal contamination, and to recommend standards and guidelines for its prevention and remediation.
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RELATING TO SMOKING. Prohibits smoking at public bus stops, parks, beaches.
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RELATING TO NEWBORN SCREENING. Requires the department of health to screen for certain newborn diseases, disorders, and deficiencies.
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RELATING TO HEALTHCARE. Transitions the Hawaii health systems corporation to federal and state nonprofit status. Makes appropriation for general obligation bonds for the repair and maintenance of facilities and transition expenses.
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST HAWAII PACIFIC HEALTH. Authorizes the issuance of SPRBs to assist Hawaii Pacific Health in financing, refinancing, and/or reimbursing costs related to the acquisition or construction of health care facilities.
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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 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 010, 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.
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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 586-6720.
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________________________________________ Senator David Y. Ige Chair |
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