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 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2011

DATE:

Monday, February 14, 2011

TIME:

4:00 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229
State Capitol
415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

SB619
Testimony

Status

RELATING TO PRIOR AUTHORIZATIONS.
Establishes a statewide standardization of the prescription drug prior authorization process.

HTH, CPN

SB705
Testimony

Status

RELATING TO HEALTH.
Establishes medical error reporting and disclosure requirements.  Creates an advisory board charged with the duty of developing methodologies to enhance medical error reporting.  Establishes the patient safety trust fund.

HTH
[Measure added on 2/4/2011]

SB1516
Testimony

Status

RELATING TO HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATIVE UNIFORMITY.
Exempts collaboration among managed care plans, health care providers, and government agencies from state antitrust laws when the collaboration is intended to adopt uniform administrative procedures.

HTH, CPN
[Measure added on 2/4/2011]

SB1507
Testimony

Status

RELATING TO ACUPUNCTURE.
Authorizes the Hawaii medical board to regulate the practice of acupuncture by its licensees; repeals the authority of the board of acupuncture to regulate the practice of acupuncture by physicians, osteopathic physicians, and physician's assistants.

HTH, CPN
[Measure added on 2/4/2011]

SB1458
Testimony

Status

RELATING TO HEALTH.
Creates three classes of medical marijuana licenses: class 1 medical marijuana compassion center license for the sale of medical marijuana to qualified patients; class 2 medical marijuana cultivation license; class 3 medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing license.  Specifies requirements for each class.  Makes medical marijuana sales subject to income and excise taxes.  Establishes a special marijuana sales tax on sales of medical marijuana.  Establishes a fee for issuance and renewal of a license and a special marijuana sales tax.  Takes effect 8/7/2012.

HTH/PGM, WAM
[Measure added on 2/4/2011]

SB786
Testimony

Status

RELATING TO HEALTH CARE.
Allows representatives of health care provider organizations to serve on the prepaid health advisory council; increases the number of members on the council from seven to nine.

HTH, WAM
[Measure added on 2/10/2011]

SB1289
Testimony

Status

RELATING TO HEALTH.
Promotes safety and health in Hawaii through increases in the liquor tax and by assessing a new sugary beverage fee.

HTH, WAM
[Measure added on 2/10/2011]

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
[Measure added on 2/4/2011]
[Measure deleted on 2/8/2011]

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
[Measure added on 2/4/2011]
[Measure deleted on 2/8/2011]

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
[Measure added on 2/4/2011]
[Measure deleted on 2/8/2011]

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 CONTACT THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 808-586-9385.