THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2012

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

MEASURES DEFERRED TO FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 03, 2012

DATE:

Friday, February 03, 2012

TIME:

2:45 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229
State Capitol
415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

SB2124
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.
Amends various provisions relating to emergency examination and hospitalization and involuntary treatment.  Broadens the definitions of "dangerous to others" and "dangerous to self" to include a substantial likelihood of harm in the reasonably foreseeable future, and amends the definition of "gravely disabled".

HTH, JDL

SB2425
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO TOBACCO.
Requires cigarettes and tobacco products to be stored for sale behind a counter.  Requires advertisements that promote or encourage the purchase or use of cigarettes or tobacco products to be placed twenty-five feet away from children's products, toys, cookies, candy, ice cream, gum, or snacks.  Requires advertisements that promote or encourage the purchase or use of cigarettes or tobacco products to be placed four feet off the floor.  Permits exceptions for retail tobacco stores, bars, or establishments where the minimum age for admission is eighteen.

HTH, EDT

No testimony will be accepted.

FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure 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.