COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Thursday, January 28, 2010
1:30 p.m. - completion
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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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 * Developmental Disabilities HTH 501 Family Health Services HTH 560 * 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:
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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.
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HED/HLT, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
HED/EDN only:
2:15 p.m. AGENDA:
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RELATING TO HAWAII INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS. Repeals law establishing the Hawaii institute for educational partnerships.
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HED/EDN, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Thursday, January 28, 2010
2:30 p.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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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.
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JUD, FIN |
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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.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO APPELLATE JURISDICTION. Permanently establishes the jurisdictional responsibilities of the appellate courts.
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JUD, FIN |
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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.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY. Appropriates funds to the Judiciary for FY 2010-2011.
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JUD, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
Decision making only (heard on 01/26/10):
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCING. Updates, organizes, and clarifies current campaign financing laws.
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JUD, FIN |
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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:
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes an agriculture working group to assess agricultural issues in the State to improve the agricultural industry.
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AGR/EBM, HED, FIN |
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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 |
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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.
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AGR, LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL TRESPASS. Provides for a maximum fine of $10,000 for criminal trespass in the second degree on agricultural lands.
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AGR, JUD |
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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.
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AGR, FIN |
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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.
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AGR, FIN |
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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.
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AGR, FIN |
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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.
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AGR, FIN |
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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.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes agricultural product processing incentive program to assist agriculturalist in processing agricultural products grown in the State.
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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:
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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)
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HED, WLO |
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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.
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WLO, JUD, FIN |
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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.
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WLO, FIN |
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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.
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WLO, FIN |
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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.
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WLO, JUD |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
Friday, January 29, 2010
9:30 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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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.
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HLT, CPC |
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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.
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HLT, CPC |
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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.
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HLT, CPC/JUD |
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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.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Assesses a surcharge tax on all soft drinks sold in the State.
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HLT, FIN |
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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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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO VIOLENCE AGAINST HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL. Extends protection from assault and terroristic threatening to emergency room personnel.
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HLT, JUD |
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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.
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HLT, CPC |
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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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HLT, CPC |
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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.
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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:
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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.
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LAB, HUS, FIN |
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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.
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LAB, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO WORKPLACE PRACTICES. Makes abusive conduct against an employee in the workplace a violation of occupational safety and health law.
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LAB, EBM, JUD |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. Exempts public employees whose positions are fully or partially funded by non-general funds from furloughs and reductions in force.
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LAB, FIN |
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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.
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LAB, FIN |
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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.
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LAB, FIN |
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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.
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LAB, FIN |
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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.
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LAB, FIN |
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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.
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LAB, FIN |
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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.
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LAB, FIN |
Decision making to follow.