THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2016
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Senator Jill N. Tokuda, Chair |
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Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING
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DATE: |
Monday, April 04, 2016 |
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2:00 pm |
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Conference Room 211 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
The following measure(s) were previously heard in their respective subject matter committees:
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RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Allows a commissioner to attend by teleconference or videoconference a public hearing of the public utilities commission, except for a contested case hearing, including allowing a commissioner who resides on an island other than Oahu to attend a public hearing of the commission held on Oahu and a commissioner residing on the island of Oahu to attend a public hearing of the commission held on an island other than Oahu. Enables a member of the commission who is a resident of a county other than the city and county of Honolulu to receive per diem compensation. Enables a person's island of residence to be used as a criterion when determining the person's qualification to serve as a commissioner. (SD1)
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CPH, WAM |
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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. (HB1874 HD1)
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CPH/PSM, WAM |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE COVERAGE OF HEALTH SCREENINGS. Ensures that all insurers in the State, including health benefits plans under chapter 87A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, provide insurance coverage for sexually transmitted disease screenings, including screenings for human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Applies to health insurance policies, contracts, and plans issued or renewed after 1/1/2018. Effective 7/1/2070. (SD1)
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CPH, WAM |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Authorizes insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to offer, sell, or renew, on or after January 1, 2017, a high deductible health plan in conjunction with a health savings account to an employer subject to the prepaid health care act together with a prepaid health care plan insurance policy, which is not a high deductible health plan, that has been sold to the employer. Specifies limitations for high deductible health plans and health savings accounts. (SD1)
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CPH, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE DISABILITY COMPENSATION DIVISION. Appropriates funds for the hiring of six identified hearings officer positions and support staff within the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations' Disability Compensation Division and to provide the officers and staff with legal and medical training. Effective January 7, 2059. (SD1)
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JDL, WAM |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. Ensures future ERS benefits for public employees who are terminated from public employment due to the privatization of the employees' positions. Effective January 7, 2059. (SD1)
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JDL, WAM |
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RELATING TO LABOR. Appropriates funds to establish, administer, and support on-the-job training for individuals who are unemployed and dislocated due to the closure of Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company on Maui. Effective January 7, 2059. (SD1)
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JDL, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Establishes a retirement benefit incentive for public employees, otherwise eligible to retire, whose positions are subject to layoff due to the consolidation or abolition of functions, or the privatization of the functions of the positions. Effective January 7, 2059. Sunsets on July 1, 2018. (SD1)
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JDL, WAM |
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RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT. Creates a temporary program, limited to counties with a population under 200,000, to provide additional benefits to unemployed workers by extending their unemployment insurance benefits. Makes an appropriation. Effective July 1, 2050. (SD1)
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JDL, WAM |
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RELATING TO FILM AND DIGITAL MEDIA INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT. Extends the sunset date of the Motion Picture, Digital Media, and Film Production Income Tax Credit until January 1, 2024. Takes effect 7/1/2030. (SD1)
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EET, WAM |
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RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Appropriates funds for the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to conduct an economic assessment study on the development and economic viability of a small satellite launch and processing facility on the Island of Hawaii. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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EET/PSM, WAM |
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Creates a permanent fuel tank advisory committee to study, monitor, and address fuel tank leak issues. Takes effect 7/1/2030. (SD1)
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EET/CPH, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST TRUTAG TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for TruTag Technologies, Inc. (HB2669 HD1)
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EET, WAM |
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RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST BIOENERGY HAWAII, LLC. Extends the authorization of the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to BioEnergy Hawaii, LLC, for the purpose of establishing a cogeneration facility and related energy production facilities, for an additional five years. (HB1853 HD2)
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TRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO WATER INFRASTRUCTURE LOANS. Establishes the Water Infrastructure Loan Program under the Department of Agriculture. Allows the Department to make loans for water infrastructure development, repair, and maintenance. Establishes the water infrastructure special fund. Makes appropriations. (SD1)
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WLA, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE AHA MOKU ADVISORY COMMITTEE. Appropriates funds for the administration, operation, and community outreach expenses of the aha moku advisory committee. (SD1)
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HWN/WLA, WAM |
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RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. Clarifies the Governor's authority to negotiate for the construction of correctional facilities and aligns environmental impact statement and assessment requirements as generally applicable requirements. Appropriates funds for jail facilities for an Oahu Community Correctional Center and relocating Maui Community Correctional Center. Requires a feasibility report on development of Oahu Community Correctional Center land.
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PSM/WLA, WAM |
Decision making meeting only, no oral testimony will be accepted.
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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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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808) 586-6800.
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_____________________________________ Senator Jill N. Tokuda Chair |
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