THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2011

 

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES

Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland, Chair

Senator Les Ihara, Jr., Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES

Rep. John M. Mizuno, Chair

Rep. Jo Jordan, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING

 

 

DATE:

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

TIME:

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 229

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

The Senate and House Committees on Human Services will be holding a joint informational briefing to allow the department of human services to briefly describe potential changes to the Medicaid Program and for health providers, consumer advocate groups and others to have an opportunity to discuss what such proposed changes may have on the public.

 

Testimony

 

 

FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  If the notice is an amended notice, items that have been deleted are stricken through and items that have been added are underscored.  If there is an item that is both underscored and stricken through, that item 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 briefing:

 

·         By Email:  Testimony may be emailed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Committee at HMSTestimony@Capitol.hawaii.gov .  Please indicate the date and time of the briefing. 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 226, 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 briefing.  When faxing, please indicate to which committee the testimony is being submitted and the date and time of the briefing.

 

Please note:  If you submit your written testimony after 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the briefing, please sign-in at the staff table to testify orally.  A copy of your testimony may not be available during the briefing but will be posted online after the briefing. 

 

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the briefing (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the briefing so that 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 briefing

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6130.

 

 

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Rep. John M. Mizuno

Chair

 

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Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland

Chair