COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

 

Thursday, January 28, 2010

1:30 p.m. - completion

Conference Room 325; State Capitol

 

AGENDA:

 

Department of Health Overview

 

Administratively Attached Agencies

Disability & Communication Access Board (DCAB)                     HTH 520

Executive Office on Aging (EOA)                                             HTH 904

Developmental Disabilities Council (DDC)                                HTH 905

State Health Planning & Development Agency (SHPDA)            HTH 906

Office of Environmental Quality Control (OEQC)                       HTH 850

 

Environmental Health

Environmental Health Services                                               HTH 610

Environmental Management                                                   HTH 840

Environmental Health Administration                                      HTH 849

State Laboratory Services                                                      HTH 710

 

Health Resources

Communicable Disease Services                                              HTH 100

Disease Outbreak Control                                                      HTH 131

*Dental Disease   General Medical and Preventive Services HTH 141

Developmental Disabilities                                                     HTH 501

Family Health Services                                                           HTH 560

*Community Health Services                                                  HTH 580

Tobacco Settlement                                                              HTH 590

Health Resources Administration                                            HTH 595

*Emergency Medical Services & Injury Prevention System   HTH 730

 

Decision making to follow.

 

 


COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

 

Thursday, January 28, 2010

2:00 p.m.

Conference Room 309; State Capitol

 

AGENDA:

 

HB 2462

Status

RELATING TO USE OF TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUNDS.

Repeals sunset date in Act 264, relating to tobacco fund settlement, for continued use by John A. Burns School of Medicine.

 

HED/HLT, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

 

HED/EDN only:

 

2:15 p.m. AGENDA:

 

HB 2305

Status

RELATING TO HAWAII INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS.

Repeals law establishing the Hawaii institute for educational partnerships.

 

HED/EDN, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

 

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

 

Thursday, January 28, 2010

2:30 p.m.

Conference Room 325; State Capitol

 

AGENDA:

 

HB 1991

Status

RELATING TO TRAFFIC ABSTRACT FEE.

Increases the fee for a traffic abstract from $7 to $10 and increases the amount of the fee deposited into the general fund from $5 to $8.

 

JUD, FIN

HB 1992

Status

RELATING TO THE INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT.

Permanently establishes intermediate appellate court judges' express authority to subpoena witnesses, compel the production of evidence, and administer oaths.

 

JUD

HB 1993

Status

RELATING TO APPELLATE JURISDICTION.

Permanently establishes the jurisdictional responsibilities of the appellate courts.

 

JUD, FIN

HB 1996

Status

RELATING TO THE DNA ANALYSIS FEE.

Extends DNA analysis fee requirement to defendants with deferred pleas and to felony offenders transferring into Hawaii under an interstate compact.

 

JUD, FIN

HB 2000

Status

RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY.

Appropriates funds to the Judiciary for FY 2010-2011.

 

JUD, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

Decision making only (heard on 01/26/10):

HB 2003

Status

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCING.

Updates, organizes, and clarifies current campaign financing laws.

 

JUD, FIN

HB 2004

Status

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCING.

Amends law relating to ballot issue committees.  Defines automated phone call and requires certain information to be stated at the beginning of such phone calls.  Amends the definition of advertisement.  Repeals the campaign spending commission's authority to adopt a code of fair campaign practices as part of its rules.  Requires advertising notices and disclaimers to be included on every web page that contains an advertisement.

JUD, FIN

 

 

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION, BUSINESS, & MILITARY AFFAIRS

 

Friday, January 29, 2010

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Conference Room 312; State Capitol

 

AGENDA:

 

HB 2410

Status

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Establishes an agriculture working group to assess agricultural issues in the State to improve the agricultural industry.

 

AGR/EBM, HED, FIN

HB 2411

Status

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

Directs the legislative reference bureau to analyze and report on the economic impacts on businesses and communities, as a result of the reduction in services for the department of agriculture's plant quarantine branch and commodities branch statewide.

AGR, LMG, FIN

HB 2412

Status

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

Directs the legislative reference bureau to analyze and report on the environmental impacts on businesses and communities, as a result of the reduction in services for the department of agriculture's plant quarantine branch and commodities branch statewide.

 

AGR, LMG, FIN

HB 2115

Status

RELATING TO CRIMINAL TRESPASS.

Provides for a maximum fine of $10,000 for criminal trespass in the second degree on agricultural lands.

 

AGR, JUD

HB 2290

Status

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Establishes an agriculture inspection and certification special fund under the department of agriculture.  Requires that special fund moneys be used for inspecting, certifying, weighing, classifying, or grading of agricultural products to be exported from or shipped within the State.

 

AGR, FIN

HB 2291

Status

RELATING TO MEASUREMENT STANDARDS.

Establishes the weights and measurements special fund.  Requires the board of agriculture to adopt or amend rules to impose or increase fees authorized to be charged under chapter 486, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

AGR, FIN

HB 2292

Status

RELATING TO FARM PRODUCE.

Establishes a farm produce dealers special fund.  Requires fees for the certification of farm produce dealers and other moneys to be deposited into the special fund.  Requires expenditures from the special fund to be made for the farm produce dealers licensure program.

 

AGR, FIN

HB 2293

Status

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

Requires the deposit of a portion of the agricultural loan repayments into a new department of agriculture staffing special fund.  Requires moneys in the special fund to be expended on department personnel salary and fringe benefit costs that were previously paid from the general fund.  Requires report to the legislature.  Takes effect on 7/1/2010 and sunsets on 6/30/2015.

 

AGR, FIN

HB 2294

Status

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Makes various amendments to the agricultural inspection and biosecurity laws, including the following:  (1) changes the designation of the pest inspection, quarantine, and eradication service fee to a "tax", (2) makes the department of taxation responsible for collecting that tax, (3) requires the deposit of fees and fines relating to agricultural inspections into the pest inspection, quarantine, and eradication fund, and (4) repeals the certification services revolving fund, permit revolving fund, and microorganism revolving fund and transfers the moneys in those funds into the pest inspection, quarantine, and eradication fund.

 

AGR, FIN

HB 2393

Status

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Establishes agricultural product processing incentive program to assist agriculturalist in processing agricultural products grown in the State.

 

AGR, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

 

COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, & OCEAN RESOURCES

 

Friday, January 29, 2010

9:00 a.m.

Conference Room 325; State Capitol

 

AGENDA:

 

SB 1311, SD1

(HSCR1125)

Status

RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES.

Exempts UH from permitting or application requirements when carrying out repair and maintenance relating to the Hawaii marine laboratory refuge.  (SD1)

 

HED, WLO

HB 1775

Status

RELATING TO FISHING.

Prohibits importation to the State or possession of shark fins unless the fins were taken from a shark landed whole in the State.  Applies prohibition to any vessel stopping to refuel or offload cargo or otherwise in transit through waters of the State.  Establishes presumption regarding possession of shark fins not attached to the carcass.

 

WLO, JUD, FIN

HB 1953

Status

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Imposes the general excise tax at the rate of 1.0% on the gross proceeds from the sale of real property less deductions for real estate salespersons' commissions and conveyance tax payments.  Takes effect on 07/01/10 and sunsets on 06/30/15.  Appropriates revenues for state programs and projects to accommodate land development and population growth resulting from land use plans and policies.

 

WLO, FIN

HB 2347

Status

RELATING TO THE MAXIMUM TERM OF COMMERCIAL USE AND OPERATOR PERMITS FOR THRILL CRAFT AND PARASAILING.

Removes the twenty-year limit for state parasailing permits.

 

WLO, FIN

HB 2389

Status

RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE.

Makes it a class C felony to assault a water safety officer who is engaged in the performance of duty.

 

WLO, JUD

Decision making to follow.

 

 


COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

 

Friday, January 29, 2010

9:30 a.m.

Conference Room 329; State Capitol

 

AGENDA:

 

HB 2461

Status

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Requires health insurers and like entities to offer at least the same drug coverage to the insured that the insured had under the insured's previous policy with a different insurer or like entity.

 

HLT, CPC

HB 2464

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.

 

HLT, CPC

HB 2089

Status

RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE.

Requires health insurers to: (1) report annually on how health insurance premiums are being spent; and (2) spend a minimum amount of the premiums on medical expenses.

 

HLT, CPC/JUD

HB 2095

Status

RELATING TO EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS.

Provides a tax credit for emergency room physicians who work a minimum of 576 on-call hours in a state-approved emergency room.

 

HLT, FIN

HB 2153

Status

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Assesses a surcharge tax on all soft drinks sold in the State.

 

HLT, FIN

HB 2152

Status

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.

 

HLT, FIN

HB 2349

Status

RELATING TO VIOLENCE AGAINST HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL.

Extends protection from assault and terroristic threatening to emergency room personnel.

 

HLT, JUD

HB 2056

Status

RELATING TO PHARMACIST LICENSURE.

Broadens the practical experience requirements for a pharmacist license to include experience obtained in U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.  Removes the requirement that supervision must take place in a pharmacy.  Broadens the experience requirements to relate to the practice of pharmacy.

 

HLT, CPC

HB 2350

Status

RELATING TO LIMITED BENEFIT HEALTH INSURANCE.

Excludes limited benefit health insurance from provisions of chapter 431:10A enacted after July 1, 2010.

 

HLT, CPC

HB 2208

Status

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Requires health insurers to promptly pay claims for services to medicaid recipients, by repealing the exemption for medicaid claims from the clean claims law.

 

HLT, CPC

Decision making to follow.

 

 

COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT

 

Friday, January 29, 2010

9:30 a.m.

Conference Room 309; State Capitol

 

AGENDA:

 

HB 2258

Status

RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE INSURANCE.

Creates a family leave insurance fund to be administered by DLIR under the workers' compensation statute.  Amends the definition of injuries covered under the workers' compensation statute to include family leave.

 

LAB, HUS, FIN

HB 2379

Status

RELATING TO THE HAWAII CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION.

Defines "confidential witness" and clarifies the allowable uses of factual matters obtained by the Hawaii civil rights commission during an investigation.

 

LAB, JUD, FIN

HB 2473

Status

RELATING TO WORKPLACE PRACTICES.

Makes abusive conduct against an employee in the workplace a violation of occupational safety and health law.

 

LAB, EBM, JUD

HB 1877

Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.

Exempts public employees whose positions are fully or partially funded by non-general funds from furloughs and reductions in force.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 1903

Status

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR STATE EMPLOYEES.

Transfers funds from the general fund into the unemployment compensation fund to pay unemployment benefits to persons who were laid off from state employment because of a reduction-in-force.  Appropriates funds to pay all accumulated vacation leave for persons who retired from state employment or were laid off from state employment because of a reduction-in-force.  Appropriates funds to pay the additional health benefits plan costs for persons who retired from state employment and their dependent-beneficiaries.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 1904

Status

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.

Requires the set aside from the general excise tax revenues of an amount equivalent to the unfunded accrued liability contribution by the State for state employees.  Takes effect on 07/01/11.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 1905

Status

RELATING TO STATE PAYMENTS.

Remits general excise tax funds to pay fringe benefit contributions and tax refunds not paid in previous fiscal years to balance the state budget.  Act takes effect on 07/01/2011.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 2100

Status

RELATING TO WAGES AND HOURS OF EMPLOYEES ON SERVICE CONTRACTS.

Extends little Davis-Bacon rights regarding prevailing wages to employees on service contracts with governmental contracting agencies.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 2163

Status

RELATING TO SALARY AND PENSION PAYMENTS.

Requires all employees hired prior to July 1, 1998, and who have not designated a financial account into which the State is authorized to deposit the employee's pay, to designate an account no later than a date to be determined.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 2202

Status

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY.

Removes definitions requiring online posting of workers' availability and prohibiting all department of labor and industrial relations' rules, current and future, that require posting of workers' availability online.

 

LAB, FIN

Decision making to follow.