THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2013
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Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair |
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Senator Brickwood Galuteria, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING
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DATE: |
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 |
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TIME: |
9:30am |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 229 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
The following measure(s) were previously heard by the Committees on: Higher Education; Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs; Health; Technology and the Arts and Human Services.
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RELATING TO NURSING. Requires the professional and vocational licensing division of the department of commerce and consumer affairs and the state board of nursing to collaborate with the center for nursing to enable the center to obtain nursing-related data. Requires the professional and vocational licensing division to provide the center for nursing with various information through a memorandum of understanding and requires completion of a center for nursing survey as part of the license renewal requirements under chapter 457, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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HRE, CPN |
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RELATING TO TELEMEDICINE. Exempts from licensing requirement to practice medicine in the State any commissioned medical officer or commissioned or civilian behavioral health professional employed by the U.S. Department of Defense, who is credentialed by Tripler Army Medical Center, while providing direct telemedicine support or services to neighbor island beneficiaries within a Hawaii national guard armory on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, Molokai, or Maui.
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PSM/HTH/TEC, CPN |
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RELATING TO MEDICINE. Requires the Hawaii medical board to set content standards for physician continuing education regarding prevention and treatment of chronic disease through changes in nutrition and lifestyle. Requires the board to disseminate information on the subject to physicians and hospitals in the State. Directs the board to assemble a working group to discuss nutrition and lifestyle behavior for the treatment and prevention of chronic disease at a board meeting before July 1, 2016. Effective January 1, 2050. (SD1)
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HTH, CPN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires cigarettes and tobacco products to be stored for sale behind a counter in certain establishments.
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HTH, CPN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. 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 four feet off the floor. Permits exceptions for retail tobacco stores, bars, or establishments where the minimum age for admission is eighteen. Includes electronic cigarettes under the definition of tobacco products. Prohibits the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors. Takes effect 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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HTH, CPN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Allows health care professionals, subject to certain requirements, to treat the partners of patients diagnosed as having a sexually transmitted disease recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for expedited partner therapy, such as chlamydia, by dispensing or prescribing medication to the partners without examining the partners. Provides protection from criminal liability, legal liability, and disciplinary action for health care professionals who provide expedited partner therapy as authorized. Requires the department of health to develop an information sheet about sexually transmitted diseases for use by health care professionals who provide expedited partner therapy. Creates exceptions to prescription drug labeling and reporting requirements for expedited partner therapy. (SD1)
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HTH, CPN |
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RELATING TO SMOKING. Allows condominium associations and cooperative housing corporations to adopt rules to prohibit smoking in units, common elements, or limited common elements if a majority of the tenant shareholders or owners approved the smoking prohibition. (SD1)
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HTH, CPN |
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RELATING TO ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTIONS. Amends the Uniform Controlled Substances Act in Chapter 329, Hawaii Revised Statutes, by adding definitions consistent with federal law, clarifying the conditions for electronic transmittal of prescriptions, and adding and clarifying violations of prohibited acts.
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HTH/TEC, CPN |
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RELATING TO THE ELDERLY. Amend section 412:3-114.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to require financial institutions to report instances of suspected financial abuse of an elder directly to the appropriate police department instead of the Department of Human Services. (SD1)
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HMS/PSM, CPN |
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RELATING TO CONTINUING EDUCATION. Requires licensed social workers to complete a minimum of fifteen credit hours of continuing education courses for the licensing renewal period beginning July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2016, and forty-five credit hours of continuing education courses during each licensing renewal period, for the period beginning July 1, 2016, and thereafter.
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HMS, CPN |
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Requires child care facilities, family child care homes, group child care centers, group child care homes, and infant and toddler child care centers that care for children one year of age or younger to develop, maintain, and implement safe sleep policies to prevent sudden unexpected infant deaths and sudden infant death syndrome. Makes certain requirements of operators.
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HMS/HTH, CPN |
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RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM CHILD CARE LICENSING. Allows a child care program licensed by the United States Department of Defense and the Hawaii Council of Private Schools to be exempt from licensing by the Department of Human Services. In order for a child care program licensed by the Hawaii Council of Private Schools to be exempt from licensure by the Department of Human Services, the child care program must apply and show evidence that the licensing standards of the Hawaii Council of Private Schools meet or exceed the licensing standards of the Department of Human Services, and that the standards include a monitoring system that ensures compliance with the standards. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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HMS/PSM, CPN |
Decision making meeting, No verbal testimony will be taken, only written comments will be accepted.
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Testimony may be submitted up to 24 hours prior to the start of the hearing.
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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_____________________________________ Senator Rosalyn H. Baker Chair |