THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2011

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
Senator Josh Green, M.D., Chair
Senator Clarence K. Nishihara, Vice-Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 09, 2011

DATE:

Wednesday, February 09, 2011

TIME:

2:45 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229
State Capitol
415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

SB239
Testimony

Status

RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOBACCO SETTLEMENT SPECIAL FUND.
Extends the appropriation of a portion of Hawaii tobacco settlement special fund moneys for annual operating expenses of JABSOM until June 30, 2015, and adds annual reporting requirements.

EDU/HTH, WAM

SB240
Testimony

Status

RELATING TO PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE ASSESSMENT.
Makes permanent the physician workforce assessment fee and requires that a portion of the assessment fees deposited into the John A. Burns school of medicine special fund be used to support physician workforce assessment and planning for rural and medically underserved areas of the State.

EDU/HTH, WAM

SB922
Testimony

Status

RELATING TO HEALTH.
Specifies additional elements of Hawaii's existing sexuality health education law and its implementation.  Requires the department of education (DOE) to provide certain types of information to the public and to parents.  Allows parents to opt out of the DOE's sexuality health education.

EDU/HTH

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.

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