HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2016
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Representative Della Au Belatti, Chair |
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Representative Richard P. Creagan, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Mark J. Hashem |
Rep. Marcus R. Oshiro |
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Rep. Jo Jordan |
Rep. Beth Fukumoto Chang |
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Rep. Bertrand Kobayashi |
Rep. Andria P.L. Tupola |
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Rep. Dee Morikawa |
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AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Monday, February 08, 2016 |
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3:00 pm |
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Conference Room 329 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A M E N D E D A G E N D A
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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.
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LAB, HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO BIRTH DEFECTS. Clarifies the use of the birth defects data to include health care providers.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO OVERDOSE PREVENTION AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE. Expands access to opioid antagonists to prevent drug-overdose fatalities. Establishes the Overdose Prevention and Emergency Response Act.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY SERVICES. Authorizes the state director of finance to annually transfer general funds to the counties to fund lifeguard and emergency medical services personnel positions in the counties. Repeals the emergency medical services special fund.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates funds to establish and staff an advanced life support medic unit in Puna on the island of Hawaii.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. Appropriates funds for emergency medical services for North Kona.
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HLT, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. Appropriates moneys for FY 2016-2017 for a 24-hour, 7-days-a-week, rapid response emergency medical services unit for the county of Kauai.
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HLT, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Health for FY 2016-2017 for a 24-hour, 7-days-a-week, ambulance unit for the County of Kauai.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE. Appropriates moneys to operate an additional emergency medical services unit in the Moanalua, Aliamanu, Red Hill, Salt Lake, and Foster Village areas.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Authorizes public sector employees and volunteers who may have been exposed to a communicable disease through contact with bodily fluids in the course of their duties to petition a court for an order requiring testing of the person or decedent who is the source of the possible exposure. Limits disclosure of test results.
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HLT, JUD |
DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
The following measures have been ADDED to the agenda for decision making: HB 1895, HB 1896, HB 1897. These measures were previously heard on February 5, 2016 at 8:30 am. No public testimony will be accepted.
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Requires insurers to cover a three-month period for the first dispensing of prescription contraceptive supplies to an insured. Requires insurers to cover a twelve-month period for the subsequent dispensing of the same contraceptive supply to the insured.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONTRACEPTIVE SUPPLIES. Authorizes pharmacists to prescribe and dispense contraceptive supplies to persons eighteen years of age or older. Specifies requirements pharmacists must meet prior to prescribing and dispensing contraceptive supplies. Requires all insurers in the State, including health benefits plans under chapter 87A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and medicaid managed care programs, to reimburse pharmacists who prescribe and dispense contraceptive supplies.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE COVERAGE OF HEALTH SCREENINGS. Ensures insurance coverage for sexually transmitted disease screenings, including screenings for human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, during a female insured's annual pelvic exam.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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Persons wishing to offer comments should submit testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. Testimony should indicate:
· Testifier's name with position/title and organization;
· The Committee(s) to which the comments are directed;
· The date and time of the hearing; and
· Measure number.
While every effort will be made to incorporate all testimony received, materials received on the day of the hearing or improperly identified or directed, may be distributed to the Committee after the hearing.
Submit testimony in ONE of the following ways:
PAPER: 15 copies (including an original) to Room 331 in the State Capitol;
FAX: For testimony less than 5 pages in length, transmit to 808-586-9608 (Oahu) or 1-800-535-3859 (for Neighbor Islander without a computer to submit testimony through e-mail or the Web); or
WEB: For testimony less than 10MB in size, transmit from http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/submittestimony.aspx.
Testimony submitted will be placed on the legislative website. This public posting of testimony on the website should be considered when including personal information in your testimony.
If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids and/or services to participate in the House public hearing process (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the Committee Clerk at 586-9425 or email your request for an interpreter to HouseInterpreter@Capitol.hawaii.gov at least 24 hours prior to the hearing for arrangements. Prompt requests submitted help to ensure the availability of qualified individuals and appropriate accommodations.
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________________________________________ Representative Della Au Belatti Chair |
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