HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2007

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Rep. Josh Green, M.D., Chair

Rep. John Mizuno, Vice Chair

Rep. Della Au Belatti	Rep. K. Mark Takai
Rep. Joe Bertram, III	Rep. James Kunane Tokioka
Rep. Rida T.R. Cabanilla	Rep. Karen Leinani Awana
Rep. Karl Rhoads	Rep. Gene Ward, Ph.D.
Rep. Maile S. L. Shimabukuro

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES & HOUSING

Rep. Maile S. L. Shimabukuro, Chair

Rep. Karl Rhoads, Vice Chair

Rep. Della Au Belatti	Rep. K. Mark Takai
Rep. Joe Bertram, III	Rep. James Kunane Tokioka
Rep. Rida T.R. Cabanilla	Rep. Karen Leinani Awana
Rep. Josh Green, M.D.	Rep. Gene Ward, Ph.D.
Rep. John Mizuno

NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:	January 30, 2007
TIME:	8:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
PLACE:	Conference Room 329 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

HB 1008	RELATING TO CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE. Creates a three-year pilot program in which the Department of Human Services pays half of the premiums for the health care provided by a mutual benefit society to uninsured children who are thirty-one days to eighteen years old and are ineligible for other state or federal health care coverage.  Provides children, of families whose income is at or below three hundred per cent of the federal poverty level, access to medical care free of charge by expanding the State's QUEST-Net eligibility requirements.  Appropriates funds.  Sunsets June 30, 2010.	HLT/HSH, FIN
HB 220	RELATING TO TORTS. Limits non-economic damages in medical tort actions contingent on compliance with premium rate caps by insurers providing professional liability insurance in Hawaii.  Sunsets on the earlier of the date on which an insurer does not comply with the premium rate caps, or July 1, 2015.	HLT, CPC, JUD
HB 1331	RELATING TO TORTS.	HLT, JUD
HB 1325	RELATING TO TORTS.	HLT, CPC, JUD

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

PERSONS WISHING TO TESTIFY ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT 40 COPIES OF THEIR TESTIMONY AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING TO:  (1)  THE HLT COMMITTEE'S VICE CHAIR IN ROOM 436, STATE CAPITOL, OR (2)  THE HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS TESTIMONY DROP OFF BOX IN THE TURNAROUND AREA OF THE CAPITOL BASEMENT PARKING LOT.  TESTIMONY MAY ALSO BE FAXED IF LESS THAN 5 PAGES IN LENGTH TO THE HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS OFFICE AT:  586-6501 (OAHU) OR 1-800-535-3859 (NEIGHBOR ISLANDS).  WHEN FAXING, PLEASE INDICATE TO WHOM THE TESTIMONY IS BEING SUBMITTED, THE DATE AND TIME OF THE HEARING, AND THE REQUIRED NO. OF COPIES THAT IS NEEDED FOR SUBMITTAL.

TESTIMONIES SUBMITTED AFTER 3 P.M. OF THE DAY BEFORE THE HEARING WILL BE CONSIDERED LATE TESTIMONIES.

IT IS ALSO REQUESTED THAT THE COPIES BE ON ONE SIDE OF AN 8‑1/2" X 11" SHEET WITH TWO HOLES PUNCHED AT THE TOP.  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE HLT COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586‑6554.

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________________________________________ Rep. Maile Shimabukuro Chair

________________________________________ Rep. Joshua B. Green, M.D. Chair