THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2014
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Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland, Chair |
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Senator Josh Green, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 |
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1:30 pm |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 016 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT. Provides that child support orders are presumed to apply on a per child basis. Effective July 1, 2050. (HB1504 HD2)
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Requires the State to pay interest on late payments to an operator of an adult day care facility, community care foster family home, or adult residential care home. Effective July 1, 2050. (HB1693 HD1)
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RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Amends the state supplemental payment amounts for specified types of adult residential care homes and provides for annual adjustment. Changes the public assistance allowance to an unspecified percentage of the current federal poverty level. Effective July 1, 2050. (HB1695 HD1)
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RELATING TO LANGUAGE ACCESS. Amends the appropriations provided in Act 217, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013, for fiscal year 2014-2015 for establishment of the statewide language access resource center and establishment of the multilingual website pilot project administered by the Office of Language Access. Effective July 1, 2050. (HB1740 HD1)
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The Committee previously held public hearings on Senate bill(s) that are substantially similar to the following House bill(s). Please focus your testimony on the differences, if any, between the House and Senate measure(s) listed.
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RELATING TO THE NURSING FACILITY SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM. Continues the Nursing Facility Sustainability Program by extending the sunset date of the Act to June 30, 2015, updating the referral dates in the statute, and appropriating funds from the Nursing Facility Sustainability Program Special Fund for fiscal year 2014-2015. Effective July 1, 2030. (HB2294 HD1)
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RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Prohibits smoking anywhere in a public housing project except a designated smoking area as a condition of any agreement for the occupancy or use of premises within a public housing project. Designated smoking areas, if any, must be located not less than 25 feet from any building. Authorizes the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to adopt rules to implement the smoking ban and the designated smoking areas. (HB2577 HD2)
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Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
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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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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808) 586-6130.
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_____________________________________ Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland Chair |
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