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 10, 2012
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DATE:
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Friday, February 10, 2012
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TIME:
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1:15 PM
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PLACE:
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Conference Room 229
State Capitol
415 South Beretania Street
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DECISION MAKING ON THE
FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):
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SB2306
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE.
Establishes and directs a task force to coordinate and consolidate state
long-term care programs and services. Establishes the position of deputy
healthcare transformation coordinator. Appropriates funds.
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HMS/HTH, WAM
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SB2083
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO HEALTH.
Appropriates funds to the department of human services to match the federal
medicaid disproportionate share hospital allowance allocated to the State.
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HMS/HTH, WAM
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SB2227
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO HEALTH.
Appropriates moneys to community health centers for the provision of direct
health care for the uninsured, including those who will be disenrolled from
the medicaid QUEST program pending eligibility changes in April 2012.
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HMS/HTH, WAM
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SB2319
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO THE HOMELESS.
Appropriates funds to the homeless programs office of the department of human
services and the rental housing trust fund. Appropriates funds to the
department of health for substance abuse treatment, mental health support
services, and clean and sober housing services and the department of human
services for a homeless prevention program, rental assistance program, and
matching funds for shelter plus care grants.
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HMS/HTH, WAM
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SB2467
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO HOSPITALS.
Establishes the Hospital Sustainability Program into which hospital
sustainability fees shall be deposited. Requires the Department of Human
Services to charge and collect a provider fee on health care items or
services provided by hospitals. Effective July 1, 2012, and repealed on June
30, 2013.
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HMS/HTH, WAM
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SB2818
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO DISPOSITION OF DEAD HUMAN BODIES.
Repeals the authority of the department of health to deliver or distribute an
unclaimed dead human body to a university, hospital, or institution for
medical educational and research purposes, and clarifies the responsibilities
of the person who has possession, charge, or control of an unclaimed dead
human body with respect to gathering and providing information to state
agencies.
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HTH/HMS
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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.