THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2014

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
Senator Josh Green, Chair
Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Vice-Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2014

DATE:	Wednesday, February 12, 2014
TIME:	1:30 PM
PLACE:	Conference Room 229 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

SB3095 Status and Testimony	RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Designates a portion of the Hawaii state hospital as a forensic facility.  Appropriates funds to the department of health to cover any necessary expenses resulting from the designation.	HTH/JDL, WAM
SB2859 Status and Testimony	RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES. Increases from $100 per day to a maximum of $10,000 per day fines levied for violations of sanitation laws and rules for establishments required to undergo sanitation inspections by the Department of Health.  The increase in sanitation penalties establishes parity with existing food adulteration penalties.	HTH/JDL, WAM
SB2521 Status and Testimony	RELATING TO LABELING. Requires labeling of foods that have been genetically engineered.  Provides a penalty for violations and authorizes private civil enforcement of the Act.	HTH/JDL, CPN/WAM
SB3064 Status and Testimony	RELATING TO HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION. Allows for the transition of the Hawaii health systems corporation, a regional system, to a nonprofit hospital corporation incorporated in Hawaii before January 1, 2000.  Requires the nonprofit hospital corporation to maintain equivalent services in acquired regions for no less than five years.  Requires the State to continue to meet all financial obligations to public employees, including all benefits, pensions, and other financial obligations negotiated with public employees' unions before the effective date of this measure.  Effective on 1/1/2015; sunsets on 1/1/2025.	HTH, WAM

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.

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