THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2010

 

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Senator David Y. Ige, Chair

Senator Josh Green, M.D., Vice Chair

 

 

MEASURES DEFERRED TO WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2010

 

DATE:

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

TIME:

2:45 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 016

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

 

SB 2126

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO DENTAL SERVICES.

Prohibits a accident and health or sickness insurer, mutual benefit society, health maintenance organization, or dental service organization from requiring a dentist who provides services to its subscribers to accept a fee set by the accident and health or sickness insurer, mutual benefit society, health maintenance organization, or dental service organization unless the services are covered under the applicable subscriber agreement.

 

HTH, CPN

SB 2492

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO PRACTICE OF PHARMACY.

Amends the definition of "practice of pharmacy" by changing the age of persons to whom immunizations are administered from 18 to nine years of age with parental consent.

 

HTH, CPN

[Measure added on 02-08-10]

SB 2770

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO REMOTE DISPENSING PHARMACY.

Clarifies the definitions of "remote dispensing machine" and "remote dispensing pharmacy".

 

HTH, CPN

[Measure added on 02-08-10]

SB 2726

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO TIME FRAMES TO REGAIN FITNESS TO PROCEED.

Establishes specific time frames for a commitment or release on conditions when unfit defendants are charged with petty misdemeanors (60 days), and non-violent misdemeanors (120 days).

 

HTH, JGO

[Measure added on 02-08-10]

SB 2725

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO CONFIDENTIALITY OF FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH EXAMINATION REPORTS.

Requires courts to maintain mental health examination reports as confidential documents, subject to certain specific exceptions for limited distribution of the reports.

 

HTH, JGO

[Measure added on 02-08-10]

SB 2380

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO BOTTLED WATER.

Requires all bottled water to be labeled with the date of bottling.

 

HTH, CPN

[Measure added on 02-08-10]

SB 2774

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO ANATOMICAL GIFTS.

Prevents persons with HIV or AIDS from being automatically excluded from organ transplants due to their diagnosis; requires that any procurement organization in the State to maintain donor lists including high risk donors and persons with HIV or AIDS.

 

HTH

[Measure added on 02-08-10]

SB 2506

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO MEDICAL GIFTS.

Bans drug or device manufacturers or any wholesale distributor of medical devices from offering gifts to health care providers, unless excepted.  Requires disclosure of permissible gifts to the director of commerce and consumer affairs.  Makes disclosures publicly available.

 

[Measure added on 02-08-10]

 

 

 

 

 

No testimony will be accepted.

 

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.

 

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 808-586-6230.