THE SENATE

THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2019

 

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair

Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

 

 

DATE:

Thursday, April 4, 2019

TIME:

10:35 a.m.

PLACE:

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:

 

 

HB 582, HD2, SD1

      (SSCR1419)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Establishes and amends provisions relating to the care of the elderly and disabled in state-licensed care facilities.  Requires adult day care centers to be licensed or certified by the department of health.  Expands the department of health's unannounced inspection authority to include adult day care centers and annual inspections.  Establishes a task force within the department of health to examine issues related to caregiver facility compensation and late fees.  Clarifies that the amendments made to sections 321-15.6(a) and 321-15.62(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes, by this Act shall supersede the amendments made to those sections by Act 184, Session Laws of Hawaii 2016.  (SD1)

 

CPH, WAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HB 1276, HD1, SD1

      (SSCR1487)

      Status & Testimony

 

 

 

 

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Establishes a working group to consider and develop best practices for collaborative planning and expanded learning time in public schools.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

EDU, WAM

HB 1527, HD2, SD1

      (SSCR1480)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON EARLY LEARNING BUDGET.

Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Education's Executive Office on Early Learning program.  Effective 7/1/2030.  (SD1)

 

EDU, WAM

HB 257, HD2, SD1

      (SSCR1466)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.

Authorizes the use of private lands for the ohana zones pilot program.  Provides additional time for the implementation of the ohana zones pilot program to June 30, 2023.  Extends the emergency department homelessness assessment pilot program and the medical respite pilot program to June 30, 2020.  Effective 7/1/2030.  (SD1)

 

HMS/HOU, WAM

HB 1584, HD2, SD1

      (SSCR1388)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CARBON EMISSIONS.

Appropriates funds to the Office of Planning to conduct a comprehensive study of a statewide carbon tax.  Effective 7/1/2100.  (SD1)

 

HRE/EET, WAM

HB 1043, HD1, SD1

      (SSCR1376)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO TAX APPEALS.

Replaces the tax boards of review with a single tax appeal review panel comprised of members who shall devote full time to their duties.  Amends the grounds upon which an appeal to the administrative appeals and dispute resolution program may be made by disallowing appeals of proposed assessments.  Allows any person who has already filed an appeal with a board of review to continue or withdraw their appeal and refile their appeal with the tax appeal review panel until January 1, 2021, at which point all remaining appeals before a board of review automatically transfer to the tax appeal review panel.  Effective 7/1/2030.  (SD1)

 

JDC, WAM

HB 1433, HD1

      (SSCR1286)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY.

Appropriates funds for two full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) positions, operating costs, and equipment to support the Attorney General's Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center in administering the Address Confidentiality Program.  (HB1433 HD1)

 

JDC, WAM

HB 32, HD1, SD1

      (SSCR1243)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE.

Extends the deadline for the Legislative Reference Bureau to submit the sunrise analysis required by Act 109, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, from September 1, 2019, to November 13, 2019.  (SD1)

 

LCA, WAM

HB 1343, HD1, SD1

      (SSCR1340)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE.

Provides grandparents with one week of family leave to care for a grandchild with a serious health condition.  (SD1)

 

LCA, WAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Decision making meeting only, no oral testimony will be accepted.

 

Persons wishing to submit written testimony may do so up to 24 hours prior to the hearing.

 

Click here to submit written testimony to the Senate Committee on Ways and Means.

 

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., interpretive services (oral or written), ASL 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) 586-6800.

 

 

 

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Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz

Chair