THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2016

 

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, CONSUMER PROTECTION, AND HEALTH

Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair

Senator Michelle N. Kidani, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

TIME:

9:00am

PLACE:

Conference Room 229

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

HB 939

      (HSCR6-16)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO AMENDING IDENTITY OF REGISTRANT'S PARENT ON A BIRTH CERTIFICATE.

Clarifies that amendments to birth records that change parenthood shall not be conducted through the Uniform Information Practices Act procedures to correct personal records, but must be pursuant to a court order of appropriate jurisdiction or other legal establishment of parenthood.

 

CPH, JDL

HB 2226, HD2

      (HSCR804-16)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF LANGUAGE ACCESS.

Appropriates funds for three full-time equivalent permanent positions within the Office of Language Access.  (HB2226 HD2)

 

CPH, WAM

HB 2227, HD2

      (HSCR800-16)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO LANGUAGE ACCESS.

Appropriates funds to continue the operations of the Statewide Language Access Resource Center and Multilingual Website Pilot Project within the Office of Language Access.  (HB2227 HD2)

 

CPH, WAM

HB 2311

      (HSCR711-16)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO REPORTING DEATHS TO STATE AGENCIES.

Authorizes the Department of Health to continue to disclose, including through electronic means, lists of names of persons whose deaths have been recorded by DOH, to state agencies that maintain official lists of persons and are prohibited by federal law from sharing information for the lists.

 

CPH, JDL

HB 2707, HD1

      (HSCR835-16)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA.

Establishes the medical marijuana advisory commission.  Amends various definitions and provisions relating to medical marijuana dispensary operations, paraphernalia, and testing.  Provides that advanced practice registered nurses may certify patients for medical marijuana use.  Excludes dispensaries from enterprise zone tax exemptions.  Excludes medical marijuana from certain federal tax provisions.  Provides that certain University of Hawaii branches may conduct marijuana-related testing and research.  Effective 07/01/2070.  (HD1)

 

CPH, JDL/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 Rosalyn H. Baker

Chair