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 |
AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013 |
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Conference Room 229 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A M E N D E D A G E N D A
The Committee previously held a public hearing on a Senate bill that is substantially similar to the following House bill HB847, HB848 and HB815. Please focus your testimony on the differences, if any, between the House and Senate measure(s) listed.
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RELATING TO ENFORCEMENT TOOLS TO IMPROVE PATIENT SAFETY. Authorizes the Hawaii Medical Board to summarily suspend a license and order a licensee to submit to a physical and mental examination under specific circumstances. Specifies immunities for licensees who provide certain information to the board. Effective July 1, 2050. (HB847 HD2)
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RELATING TO BUSINESS. For unlicensed activity offenses pertaining to professional, vocational, and contractors licenses, excepts from criminal liability a licensee who corrects, with no lapse in licensure, the inadvertent failure to maintain licensing requirements. Effective January 1, 2100. (HB1202 HD1)
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RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. For consistency with federal affordable health care law, etc., defines "small employer" in Hawaii insurance code to consist of employers with 50 employees or less; applies producer licensing law requirements to producers selling health maintenance organization and mutual benefit society insurance products. Effective July 1, 2050. (HB848 HD2)
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RELATING TO ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES. Directs the Public Utilities Commission and the Division of Consumer Advocacy to consider the ownership structure and interests of an electric cooperative in determining appropriate regulations. Authorizes the PUC to waive or exempt an electric cooperative from certain regulations. (HB815 HD2)
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Clarifies when a risk retention group is allowed to qualify for credit for reinsurance. Effective July 1, 2013. (HB999 HD2)
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Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
Click here to submit testimony to the Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection. Testimony may be emailed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Committee at CPNTestimony@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.
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.
If you require auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e. ASL or foreign language interpreter, or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the committee clerk at least 24 hours prior to the hearing so that arrangements can be made.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808)586-6070
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_____________________________________ Senator Rosalyn H. Baker Chair |