THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2014
|
Senator Josh Green, Chair |
|
Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
|
DATE: |
Monday, January 27, 2014 |
|
TIME: |
1:30PM |
|
PLACE: |
Conference Room 229 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
|
RELATING TO HEALTH. Creates a task force that is to be convened by the department of health to study and make recommendations on elective pre-term pregnancy deliveries and point-of-care newborn screening. Appropriates funds to reimburse task force members for travel and other expenses.
|
HTH, WAM |
|
|
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Entitles injured employees to up to twenty visits for psychological and psychiatric services under workers' compensation. Requires the visits to take place over a sixty-day period.
|
HTH, JDL |
|
|
RELATING TO VIOLENCE AGAINST HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL. Adds intentionally or knowingly causing bodily injury to medical services providers to assault in the second degree offense. Expands the medical services providers to which the offense would apply.
|
HTH, JDL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Authorizes the director of finance to issue general obligation bonds for the department of health to develop a secure inpatient psychiatric facility to serve the mentally ill who need stricter security, and inmates and detainees who need a higher level of mental health care.
|
HTH, WAM |
|
|
RELATING TO NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS. Requires naturopathic practitioners to fulfill the same education, examination, and training requirements as physicians or osteopathic physicians licensed under chapter 453 to qualify for prescription privileges, prior to the prescription, administration, or dispensing of any prescription medication. Requires authorization from the department of commerce and consumer affairs for any naturopathic physician wishing to prescribe, administer, or dispense any item on the naturopathic formulary.
|
HTH, CPN |
|
|
RELATING TO HEALTH. Makes an appropriation of $500,000 for a pilot program to provide treatment and supportive services to chronic, substance-dependent adults.
|
HTH, WAM |
|
|
RELATING TO HEALTH. Makes an appropriation to establish and fund two special emergency medical response vehicle units based in Puna and Makalei on the island of Hawaii, including acquisition of vehicles, equipment and personnel costs.
|
HTH, WAM |
|
|
RELATING TO HEALTH. Prohibits the manufacture, sale, or distribution of child care products and toys for young children that contain bisphenol-A or phthalates beginning 1/1/2015. Requires manufacturers to choose safe alternatives. Prohibits the use of packages and packaging containing lead, cadmium, mercury, and hexavalent chromium beginning 1/1/2015. Prohibits the Hawaii health systems corporation from purchasing and using vinyl intravenous solution bags and vinyl tubing beginning 1/1/2015.
|
HTH, CPN |
|
|
RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires a warning label for all food products containing aspartame that are offered for sale or distribution in the State. Adds definition for "aspartame."
|
HTH, CPN |
|
|
RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes that it is a prohibited act under Hawaii's Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to sell, deliver for sale, hold for sale, or offer for sale any dietary supplement that does not conform to federal good manufacturing practices for dietary supplements.
|
HTH, CPN |
|
|
RELATING TO THE HAWAII RULES OF EVIDENCE. Establishes a rule of evidence to exclude the admissibility of medical apologies to prove liability.
|
HTH, JDL |
|
|
RELATING TO FOOD LABELING. Establishes, beginning January 1, 2015, labeling requirements for any food or raw agricultural commodity sold in the State that contains a genetically engineered material, or was produced with a genetically engineered material; establishes exceptions; establishes violations; requires director of health to adopt rules.
|
Pending re-referral to:
HTH, CPN/WAM |
|
|
|
|
|
Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
Click here to submit testimony to the Senate Committee on Health.
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)586-9385.
|
|
|
_____________________________________ Senator Josh Green Chair |
|
|
|
|