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

DATE:

Friday, February 10, 2012

TIME:

1:15 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229
State Capitol
415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

SB2306
Status and Testimony

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.

HMS/HTH, WAM

SB2083
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO HEALTH.
Appropriates funds to the department of human services to match the federal medicaid disproportionate share hospital allowance allocated to the State.

HMS/HTH, WAM

SB2227
Status and Testimony

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.

HMS/HTH, WAM

SB2319
Status and Testimony

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.

HMS/HTH, WAM

SB2467
Status and Testimony

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  Effective July 1, 2012, and repealed on June 30, 2013.

HMS/HTH, WAM

SB2818
Status and Testimony

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.

HTH/HMS

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.

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