HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2020

 

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON COVID-19 ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL PREPAREDNESS

Rep. Scott K. Saiki, Co-Chair

Mr. Peter Ho, Co-Chair

 

Rep. Della Au Belatti

Ms. Wendy Laros

Mr. Gino Soquena

Rep. Richard H. K. Onishi

Ms. Lisa Maruyama

Mr. Chris Tatum

Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita

Ms. Sheryl Matsuoka

Dr. Eugene Tian

Rep. Bob McDermott

Ms. Sherry Menor-McNamara

Ms. Pamela Tumpap

Dr. Carl Bonham

Dr. Mark Mugiishi

Mr. Raymond Vara

Mr. Mufi Hannemann

Mr. Scott Murakami

Ms. Tina Yamaki

Mr. Peter Ingram

Mr. Kuuhaku Park

Mr. Miles Yoshioka

Mr. Micah Kane

Dr. Sarah Park

Mr. Robert Yu

Mr. Nathaniel Kinney

Mr. Mark Perriello

Ms. Lauren Zirbel

Mr. James Koshiba

Ms. Noelani Schilling-Webster

 

 

NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING

 

DATE:

Monday, April 20, 2020

TIME:

10:00 a.m.

PLACE:

Via Videoconference

 

Please note that committee members will be participating remotely via videoconference.

 

The informational briefing will be available for live viewing on Olelo Channel 49 on Oahu and will go out live for pick up by neighbor island public access channels.  It will also be livestreamed via www.olelo.org.

 

A G E N D A

 

1.           WELCOME – Speaker/Peter Ho

2.           UPDATES

a.           CARES Act Update (15 minutes)

This update will include the State’s receipt of federal CARES Act funds and its allocation and disbursement strategy

Presenter:

Rona Suzuki, Director, Department of Taxation

              b.           Reopening of Hawaii’s Economy (30 minutes)

The consensus is that the prerequisite for the State to incrementally reopen before a vaccine exists is infrastructure to test, screen, monitor and quarantine. These four components make up a public health plan that was distributed on April 13. The presenters will discuss implementation of the plan.

Presenters:

              Major General Kenneth Hara

              Dr. Mark Mugiishi

              Alan Oshima

 

3.           OTHER BUSINESS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

4.           NEXT MEETING– April 27, 2020; 10:00 a.m.

5.           ADJOURNMENT

 

No public testimony will be accepted.

 

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids and/or services to participate in the informational briefing (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please call 586-6100 or email your request for an interpreter to HouseInterpreter@Capitol.hawaii.gov at least 24 hours prior to the informational briefing for arrangements.  Prompt requests submitted help to ensure the availability of qualified individuals and appropriate accommodations.

 

For further information, please call 586-6100.

 

 

 

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Scott K. Saiki

Speaker of the House