THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2014

 

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Senator Josh Green, Chair

Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY, INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Senator Will Espero, Chair

Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Wednesday, February 05, 2014

TIME:

1:15PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 2587

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO GROUP HOMES.

Establishes and appropriates funds for the establishment of a registry for clean and sober homes within the department of health by July 1, 2015; amends the county zoning statute to comply with the federal Fair Housing Amendments Act and repeals definitions for terms that are defined elsewhere in the Hawaii Revised Statutes, are not used, or will be codified elsewhere in the Hawaii Revised Statutes; and excludes clean and sober homes from the residential landlord-tenant code.

 

HTH/PSM, WAM

SB 2561

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO COTTAGE FOODS.

Permits the cottage food industry in Hawaii.  Establishes requirements for cottage food operators, cottage food operations, and cottage food products.  Permits class A cottage food operations to engage in direct sales of cottage food products and permits class B cottage food operations to engage in direct and indirect sales of cottage food products.

 

HTH/PSM, CPN/WAM

SB 2350

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAXATION.

Clarifies that amounts received by a contractor of the patient-centered community care program for the costs or advancement to third party health care providers, pursuant to a contract with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs for the administration of the patient-centered community care program, are excluded from the state general excise tax.

 

PSM/HTH, WAM

 

 

 

 

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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Senator Will Espero

Chair

 

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Senator Josh Green

Chair