THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2011
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COMMITTEE ON HEALTH |
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Senator Josh Green, M.D., Chair |
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Senator Clarence K. Nishihara, Vice Chair |
AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Wednesday February 16, 2011 |
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TIME: |
2:45 p.m. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 229 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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A M E N D E D A G E N D A
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RELATING TO LUPUS. Requires the director of the health to establish a working group to develop a plan to increase education and awareness of lupus.
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HTH, WAM |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL TORTS. Authorizes the court, in medical tort litigation, to impose sanctions on a nonprevailing party whose rejection of the medical claim conciliation panel's decision resulted in the subsequent litigation. Amends requirements for the certificate accompanying any claim filed with the medical claim conciliation panel.
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HTH, JDL |
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RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS. Authorizes limited prescriptive authority for qualified psychologists who practice at a federally qualified health center.
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HTH, CPN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH CARE PAYMENTS. Requires insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to pay health care providers directly regardless of the health care provider's participatory status with the insurer, mutual benefit society, or health maintenance organization. Also requires nonparticipating providers who provide emergency services to be paid promptly and directly for the treatment rendered.
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HTH, CPN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes health care-associated infection reporting requirements. Requires the department of health to submit an update on health care-associated infection reporting to the legislature.
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HTH, JDL |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. Establishes medical savings accounts.
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HTH, WAM |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a tax on the sale of sugar-sweetened beverages in the State. Creates a children's health promotion special fund.
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HTH, WAM |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Directs the department of health and state civil defense to report to the legislature on progress in implementing the recommendations of the statewide dialysis emergency plan. Appropriates funds to upgrade dialysis facilities and implement the plan.
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HTH, WAM |
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RELATING TO HOME HEALTH AGENCIES. Defines "home health agency" to include an agency or organization that provides either skilled nursing services or other therapeutic services, or both, to ensure that these organizations are properly licensed.
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HTH, CPN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Amends the corporation board composition to change the membership from twelve to thirteen members; gives voting rights to the ex officio director of health member; replaces the five regional chief executive officer ex officio voting members with community members from the respective regional system board region; adds an at-large member appointed by the governor. (SD1)
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HTH |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION. Authorizes the Hawaii health systems corporation to mortgage its real property and clarifies that the dollar cap on municipal leasing authority applies to each regional system. (SD1)
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HTH, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH AUTHORITY. Extends by one year the deadline for the Hawaii health authority to submit to the legislature a comprehensive health plan for all individuals in the State.
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HTH [Measure added on 02-10-11] |
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Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
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.
Persons wishing to testify should submit testimony in one of the following ways by 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the hearing:
· By Email: Testimony may be emailed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Committee at HTHTestimony@Capitol.hawaii.gov . Please indicate the measure, date and time of the hearing. 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 222, 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 hearing. When faxing, please indicate to which committee the testimony is being submitted and the date and time of the hearing.
Please note: If you submit your written testimony after 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the hearing, please sign-in at the staff table to testify orally. A copy of your testimony may not be available during the hearing but will be posted online for the public after the hearing.
If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so 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 hearing.
Public Folder. A folder labeled “Public Folder” containing the testimonies for the hearing will be available for shared use by members of the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6834.
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________________________________________ Senator Josh Green, M.D. Chair |
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