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 TECHNOLOGY AND THE ARTS
Senator Glenn Wakai, Chair
Senator Clarence K. Nishihara, Vice-Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2014

DATE:

Monday, February 10, 2014

TIME:

1:15 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229
State Capitol
415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

SB2571
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO HEALTH.
Requires all cellular telephones, including refurbished and remanufactured cellular telephones, sold or leased by a retailer in the State to bear a label that warns consumers of the potential dangers of electromagnetic radiation emitted by cellular phones.

HTH/TEC, CPN

SB2469
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO TELEHEALTH.
Requires reimbursement for services provided through telehealth to be equivalent to reimbursement for the same services provided via face-to-face contact between a health care provider and a patient.  Clarifies that a health care provider of telehealth includes primary care providers, mental health providers, and oral health providers such as physicians and osteopathic physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, psychologists, and dentists.  Amends references to "telemedicine" in the Hawaii Revised Statutes to "telehealth" for consistency.

HTH/TEC, CPN

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 808-586-9385.