HOD 01-24-03 HEARING

COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION AND COMMERCE

Friday, January 24, 2003

1:00 p.m.

Conference Room 325; State Capitol

AGENDA:

HB 96	RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. Prohibits the Public Utilities Commission from using telephone directory advertising revenues of an organization, trade, or business, to determine regulated rates or charges of a telecommunications carrier in cases where both entities are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the same interests.	CPC
HB 139	RELATING TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE RENTAL INDUSTRY. Allows the payment or receipt of indirect commissions from the sale of collision damage waivers for rental vehicles.	CPC
HB 140	RELATING TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE RENTAL INDUSTRY. Clarifies how diminution in value of a damaged vehicle is determined under the Motor Vehicle Rental Industry Act.	CPC
HB 43	RELATING TO INSURANCE FRAUD. Establishes immunity from civil liability for a person who reports insurance fraud, except in the case of malicious reporting or perjury.	CPC, JUD
HB 75	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Extends the time period, position, and funding for the real estate commission's review and recommended recodification of Hawaii's condominium property regimes law.	CPC, FIN
HB 14	RELATING TO TELEPHONE SOLICITATIONS. Prohibits phone solicitors from placing calls to residents who are registered on a no-call list. Establishes a website and database containing the no-call list.	CPC, JUD, FIN
HB 17	RELATING TO PAGER AND CELLULAR PHONE SPAM. Prohibits as an unfair or deceptive act or practice, unsolicited telemarketing transmissions of text, graphic, or image messages by telephone solicitors to cellular telephones and pagers equipped with text messaging or similar capabilities.	CPC, JUD
HB 22	RELATING TO CONSUMER CREDIT REPORTING. Requires consumer reporting agencies to disclose consumer information to consumer.	CPC, JUD
HB 93	RELATING TO THE CONTINUING EDUCATION OF DESIGN PROFESSIONALS. Authorizes the Board of Professional Engineers, Architects, Surveyors, and Landscape Architects to adopt mandatory continuing education requirements.	CPC, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Friday, January 24, 2003

1:00 p.m. - completion

Conference Room 308; State Capitol

AGENDA:

Department of Human Services

Benefit, Employment, and Support Services Division

Temporary Assistance to Needy Families HMS 201

Temporary Assistance to Other Needy Families HMS 203

General Assistance Payments HMS 204

Payments to Assist the Aged, Blind, and Disabled HMS 202

Federal Assistance Payments HMS 206

Eligibility Determination and Employment Related Services HMS 236

Employment and Training HMS 237

Child Care Services HMS 302

Child Care Payments HMS 305

General Support for Benefits Employment and Support Services HMS 903

Med-Quest Division

Health Care Payments HMS 230

Quest Health Care Payments HMS 245

General Support for Health Care Payments HMS 902

 

Vocational Rehabilitation and Services for the Blind Division

Vocational Rehabilitation HMS 802

Disability Determination HMS 238

Services Division

Child Welfare Services HMS 301

Child Placement Board and Related Client Payments HMS 303

Adult and Community Care Services HMS 601

Home and Community-Based Care Services HMS 603

General Support for Social Services HMS 901

Office of Youth Services

Youth Services Administration HMS 501

Youth Services Program HMS 502

Youth Residential Programs HMS 503

General Administration

General Administration (DHS) HMS 904

 

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Friday, January 24, 2003

2:00 p.m.

Conference Room 309; State Capitol

AGENDA:

The purpose of this informational briefing is to discuss the status of the No Child Left Behind Act. Patricia Hamamoto, Superintendent of Education, and other Department of Education personnel, as appropriate are requested to appear.

 

 

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HOUSE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

Saturday, January 25, 2003

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon

State Capitol Auditorium

AGENDA:

PREVENTION, INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT FOR METH USERS:

Setting Directions and Priorities

This informational briefing will focus on obtaining information from communities and providers on the scope and gravity of the drug Methamphetamine (ICE). This briefing shall also seek possible solutions to this epic community problem. This review will also focus on:

• Prevention
• Intervention
• Treatment
• Resources available
• Dual Diagnosis, review of individuals who suffer from mental illness and are substance abusers of Methamphetamine

Representatives from the Department of Health, Department of Human Services, Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Queens Medical Center, Coalition for a Drug Free Hawaii, Salvation Army Addiction Treatment Services, nonprofit organizations and others have been invited to participate in this informational briefing.

 

 

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES AND HOUSING AND COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Monday, January 27, 2003

8:30 a.m.

Conference Room 329; State Capitol

AGENDA:

HSH/HLT only:

HB 122	RELATING TO PRESUMPTIVE MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY FOR PREGNANT WOMEN. Requires the department of human services to provide presumptive Medicaid or QUEST coverage to Medicaid eligible pregnant women.	HSH/HLT, FIN
HB 232	RELATING TO GOOD BEGINNINGS ALLIANCE. Requires the Department of Human Services to include annual funding in the state budget for the Good Beginnings Alliance; makes appropriation.	HSH/HLT, FIN
HB 233	AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CHILDREN'S JUSTICE CENTER. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates the proceeds for land acquisition and construction of a new Children's Justice Center.	HSH/HLT, JUD, FIN
HB 243	RELATING TO TORT LIABILITY. Makes the State liable for damages for injuries resulting from motor vehicle accidents involving employees and volunteers of nonprofit entities providing health and human services under contract with the State while in the course of providing services.	HSH/HLT, JUD, FIN
Decision making to follow. HSH only:
HB 76	RELATING TO THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF HAWAII. Requires the housing and community development corporation of Hawaii rather than the governor to set the salaries of its executive director and its executive assistant.	HSH, LAB, FIN
HB 77	RELATING TO THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF HAWAII. Authorizes the housing and community development corporation of Hawaii to retain by contract outside attorneys for legal services.	HSH, LAB, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

Monday, January 27, 2003

Conference Room 309; State Capitol

9:00 a.m. AGENDA:

The Department of Transportation will present a budget briefing on the department's budget.

 

9:30 a.m. AGENDA:

HB 47	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Provides for forfeiture of a motor vehicle for persons who have committed the offense of operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant on three or more occasions. Requires increased community service.	TRN, JUD
HB 48	RELATING TO THE LEASING OF SUBMERGED LANDS. Allows the director of transportation, with the approval of the governor, to lease submerged lands and lands beneath tidal waters under the custody of the department of transportation for marine activities.	TRN, WLH, FIN
HB 49	RELATING TO TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. Prohibits the operator of a motor vehicle from using a hand-held cellular phone while operating a motor vehicle. Provides exemptions. Imposes penalty.	TRN, JUD
HB 52	RELATING TO CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY. Requires drivers to place passengers under 4 years of age in a child passenger restraint system and passengers who are 4 and less than 8 years of age and under eighty pounds in a child safety seat or booster seat. Provides certain exception for children over sixty pounds.	TRN,JUD
HB 53	RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S MARITIME RELATED USES. Expands the types of public land leases that can be issued through negotiation to include disposition of public land for maritime-related users and uses.	TRN, WLH, FIN
HB 57	RELATING TO TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. Provides for the implementation of a traffic-control signal monitoring system to produce recorded images of motor vehicles entering an intersection against a red signal indication. Establishes a 3-year pilot project in the city and county of Honolulu at five intersections.	TRN, JUD, FIN
HB 58	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Exempts motor vehicle rental companies that periodically ship 10 or more vehicles between the islands or from the State from the requirements for removing and shipping vehicles.	TRN, JUD, FIN
HB 60	RELATING TO IMPACT FEES. Authorizes department of transportation and the counties to assess impact fees to help pay for highway improvements to serve new developments.	TRN, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND USE & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS AND COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Monday, January 27, 2003

9:00 a.m.

Conference Room 312; State Capitol

AGENDA:

HB 81	RELATING TO THE PRIMARY AND GENERAL ELECTIONS OF THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS - Provides for the election of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs through a system of primary and general elections while still maintaining the nonpartisan character of the office.	WLH, JUD, FIN
HB 82	RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS COMMISSION ACT - Authorizes the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to retain independent legal counsel.	WLH, LAB, FIN
HB 84	RELATING TO ACCRETED LANDS - Specifies that accreted lands along the ocean are state lands.	WLH, JUD
HB 192	RELATING TO ACCRETED LANDS - Defines accreted lands. Includes accreted lands in the definition of public lands. Requires that accreted lands shall be state lands except a private property owner may file an accretion claim to regain title to the owner's eroded land that has been restored by accretion.	WLH, JUD
HB 83	RELATING TO A LAND EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE STATE OF HAWAII AND THE ALOHA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA. - Authorizes the exchange of public lands for private lands owned by the Aloha Council Boy Scouts of America.	WLH, FIN
HB 104	RELATING TO FOREST RESERVES - Defines "native forest" for tax purposes.	WLH, FIN
HB 194	RELATING TO WATERSHEDS - Allows counties to establish watershed protection advisory committees and designates watershed management areas. Requires counties to establish special trust funds or interest-bearing accounts for each watershed improvement program.	WLH, JUD, FIN
HB 161	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE EAST KAUAI IRRIGATION SYSTEM - Appropriates funds for the operation and maintenance of the East Kauai Irrigation System.	WLH, AGR, FIN
HB 160	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE'S FORESTRY PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO - Appropriates funds to UH-Hilo College of Agriculture Forestry program.	WLH, HED, FIN
HB 156	RELATING TO THE HAWAII FORESTRY AND COMMUNITY INITIATIVE - Appropriates funds for the Hawaii Forestry and Community Initiative.	WLH, FIN
HB 158	RELATING TO THE CONTROL OF AXIS DEER IN MAUI COUNTY - Appropriates funds to develop a master plan to control the Axis Deer population in Maui County.	WLH, AGR, FIN
HB 208	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR COMPLETING FENCE ENCLOSURES AROUND LANAI'S WATERSHED - Appropriates funds to complete the fencing of Lanai's critical and sole watershed area for preservation of indigenous ecosystems and the island's drinking water source.	WLH, FIN
HB 85	RELATING TO ACCRETED LANDS - Requires the Office of Environmental Quality Control to publish notices of beachfront accretion applications.	WLH/EEP, JUD
HB 193	RELATING TO LANDOWNERS' LIABILITY - Encourages landowners to allow land and water access to personnel and volunteers of invasive species control or eradication programs by limiting the landowners liability toward persons entering their property for these purposes.	WLH/EEP, JUD

Decision making to follow.

 

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES AND HOUSING AND COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT

Monday, January 27, 2003

10:00 a.m.

Conference Room 329; State Capitol

AGENDA:

HB 129

RELATING TO BRIDGE TO HOPE. Appropriates funds to the Bridge to Hope Program. Expands eligibility to include Temporary Assistance to Other Needy Families.

HSH/LAB, HED, FIN

Decision making to follow.