COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION AND COMMERCE
Wednesday, March 19, 2003
1:30 p.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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SB 1360 SD1, HD1 (HSCR928) |
RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. Appropriates funds for emergency medical services at Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, Hana Community Hospital, Molokai General Hospital, and Kahuku Hospital. |
HLT, CPC, JUD |
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SB 345 SD1, HD1 (HSCR885) |
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Provides that any person who sells five or more vehicles within a calendar year shall be considered a dealer subject to the Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Act. |
TRN, CPC |
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SB 1629 SD1, HD1 (HSCR925) |
RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Exempts from the general excise tax amounts received by: (1) A submanager of an association of apartment owners of a condominium or a nonprofit homeowners or community association in reimbursement of sums paid for common expenses; (2) An operator of a hotel from a timeshare association equal to and which are disbursed by the operator for employee wages, salaries, payroll taxes, insurance premiums, and benefits; (3) A suboperator of a hotel from the owner of the hotel, operator of the hotel, or a timeshare association equal to and which are disbursed by the suboperator for employee wages, salaries, payroll taxes, insurance premiums, and benefits. |
TAC, CPC, FIN |
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SB 918 SD2 (HSCR941) |
RELATING TO NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS. Requires auto insurers to offer nonprofit employees and volunteers insurance coverage for use of personal vehicles in the course of employment or volunteering. Allows amounts paid for the coverage to be claimed as a tax deduction. |
HSH/HLT, CPC, FIN |
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SB 1427 HD1 (HSCR937) |
RELATING TO RELAY SERVICES FOR DEAF, HARD-OF-HEARING, AND SPEECH-IMPAIRED PERSONS. Requires the Disability and Communication Access Board (DCAB) to monitor relay services for the deaf, hard-of-hearing, and speech-impaired. Requires the Legislative Auditor to conduct an audit on the collection of fees deposited into the DCAB Special Fund and the relay services provided. |
HLT/HSH, CPC, FIN |
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SB 683 SD2, HD1 (HSCR932) |
RELATING TO DIABETES EDUCATION. Requires diabetes education that is provided under a health insurance policy to be provided through a certified diabetes educator, a program recognized by the American Diabetes Association, or a health care professional who has completed an accredited comprehensive diabetes education review course; provided that when deemed medically necessary by a health care professional authorized to prescribe, the diabetes education shall be provided by a certified diabetes educator or a program recognized by the American Diabetes Association. |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
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SB 1321 HD1 (HSCR927) |
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Expands the definition of "serious mental illness" to enable individuals afflicted with serious mental illness to access the necessary treatment by continuing the parity reimbursement and treatment requirements for serious mental illness. |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Wednesday, March 19, 2003
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
2:00 p.m. AGENDA:
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SB 337 SD1 (SSCR674) |
RELATING TO THE MANAGEMENT OF SCHOOL FACILITIES. Establishes 15.00 FTE complex area administrative services manager positions by converting 8 existing business and fiscal officer positions into complex area administrative services manager positions, and creating 7 new complex area administrative services manager positions. Converts 42.00 business assistant positions from temporary to permanent status. |
EDN, FIN |
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SB 60 (SSCR672) |
RELATING TO SCHOOL ASSESSMENT LIAISONS. Appropriates funds for an additional 20.00 FTE school assessment liaison (SAL) positions for the DOE. Requires the DOE to submit a report to the legislature concerning the effectiveness of SALs in helping schools to meet the adequate yearly progress benchmarks required by the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001". |
EDN, FIN |
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SB 69 SD1 (SSCR579) |
RELATING TO THE TEACHER EDUCATION COORDINATING COMMITTEE. Expands the membership of the teacher education coordinating committee to include a representative of the Hawaii teacher standards board. |
EDN |
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SB 666 SD1 (SSCR682) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the DOE to: provide students with textbooks, workbooks, equipment, apparatus, and other supplies; and provide each principal with $_____ per teacher to reimburse teachers' out-of-pocket expenses for supplies, necessary for students to perform the required school work and master the curriculum. |
EDN, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
3:00 p.m. AGENDA:
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SB 945 SD1 (HSCR942) |
RELATING TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH. Allocates moneys from Tobacco Settlement Special Fund to Office of Youth Services, DOE, and counties to establish dedicated source of funding for nonschool-hour youth programs. Appropriates funds. |
HSH/HLT, EDN, FIN |
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SB 1580 HD1 (HSCR943) |
RELATING TO ADVOCACY FOR HUMAN SERVICES. Adoption of Special-Needs Children; Federal SSI for Disabled Children; Medicare Advocacy Project. |
HSH/HLT, EDN, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Wednesday, March 19, 2003
Conference Room 308; State Capitol
2:30 p.m. AGENDA:
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SB 582 (SSCR825) |
RELATING TO STATE BONDS. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds. |
FIN |
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SB 1394 SD2 (SSCR834) |
RELATING TO CONFORMITY OF THE HAWAII INCOME TAX LAW TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. Amends Hawaii's income tax law to conform with the changes to the Internal Revenue Code. |
FIN |
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SB 1395 SD1 (SSCR829) |
RELATING TO THE AMENDMENT OR REPEAL OF OBSOLETE TAX LAWS. Amends or repeals obsolete tax laws. |
FIN |
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SB 1396 (SSCR830) |
RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF TAXES. Corrects an inadvertent effect on taxpayers with adjusted gross incomes of $50,000 or less created by Act 190, Session Laws of Hawaii 2002, which amended the payment threshold for avoiding the estimated tax underpayment penalty. Conforms Hawaii's laws to Internal Revenue Code by lowering the minimum estimated tax payment to 100% for prior year returns. |
FIN |
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SB 1400 SD1 (SSCR913) |
RELATING TO TAX ADMINISTRATION. Streamlines the delinquent tax waiver of penalties and interest and compromise process. |
FIN |
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SB 1353 (SSCR850) |
MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR MEDICAID. Appropriates emergency funds ($83,865,198) for the medical assistance program for reimbursement to its health care providers and pay for related prescription expenses for the fiscal year 2002-2003. |
FIN |
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SB 1358 SD1 (SSCR819) |
MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT (HIPAA) COMPLIANCE. Appropriates funds for an emergency appropriation ($1,292,439) for compliance with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. |
FIN |
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SB 1354 SD2 (SSCR851) |
RELATING TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. Appropriates the accumulated moneys in the tobacco settlement special funds for DHS children's health programs for FY 2002-2003. |
FIN |
Decision making to follow.
3:15 p.m. AGENDA:
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SB 1134 SD1 (SSCR940) |
RELATING TO COURT COSTS. Establishes new court administrative costs associated with the processing of certain civil filings, which are to be deposited into the judiciary computer system special fund. |
FIN |
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SB 1135 SD1 (SSCR941) |
RELATING TO COURT FEES. Provides that certain district court fees are deposited into the judiciary computer system special fund. |
FIN |
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SB 1413 (SSCR706) |
RELATING TO KIKALA-KEOKEA. Extends the expenditure authorization for funding infrastructure improvements at Kikala-Keokea to December 31, 2004. |
FIN |
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SB 1258 SD1 (SSCR716) |
RELATING TO THE AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Makes permanent the current composition of the Agribusiness Development Corporation Board. |
FIN |
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SB 1334 (SSCR573) |
RELATING TO THE STATE INTERNET PORTAL. Continues the functions provided by the Access Hawaii Committee to 2005. |
FIN |
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SB 327 SD1 (SSCR792) |
RELATING TO THE STATE PROCUREMENT OFFICE. Suspends all state purchases under the Western State Contracting Alliance contract 6416 with Grainger Industrial Supply until further action by 2004 legislature. Requires state procurement office to hold public hearings regarding contract with Grainger. |
FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS CONCERNS
Thursday, March 20, 2003
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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SB 1172 SD2, HD1 (HSCR889) |
RELATING TO AIRLINES. Provides a tax credit for landing fees for airlines; Authorizes the waiving of landing fees, joint use charge fees, and exclusive use terminal fees for a thirty-day period; authorizes the deferment of landing fees, joint use charge fees, and exclusive use terminal fees for two subsequent thirty-day periods. |
TRN, EDB, FIN |
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SB 1517 SD2, HD1 (HSCR898) |
RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Increases the conveyance tax to provide a stable funding mechanism for the natural area reserves system and to address the problems of invasive species. Creates a $600,000 threshold at which the tax increase applies. |
EEP, EDB, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
Decision making only (heard on March 17, 2003):
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SB 426 SD1 (SSCR859) |
RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to create a single Internet website comprised of data and information from all government agencies. Requires the information to be easily accessible and manipulated for analysis. |
EDB, FIN |
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SB 1253 SD1 (SSCR966) |
RELATING TO ECONOMIC DATA. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) to establish an industry tracking program whereby businesses provide relevant information to DBEDT to track and evaluate business industries and to track new economy indicators. |
EDB, FIN |
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SB 1284 SD1 (SSCR765) |
RELATING TO THE SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY FLEXIBILITY ACT. Clarifies when the comments received from small business are to be submitted with regards to proposed rules that affect small business. |
EDB, JUD |
COMMITTEE ON TOURISM AND CULTURE AND COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS CONCERNS
Thursday, March 20, 2003
9:45 a.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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Decision making only (heard on March 18, 2003): |
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SB 377 SD1 (SSCR957) |
RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a tax credit for qualified costs at Ko Olina Resort and Marina; undetermined maximum tax credit in any year; undetermined maximum total tax credit. |
TAC/EDB, FIN |
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS AND COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
Thursday, March 20, 2003
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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SB 664 SD2 (SSCR959) |
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A VETERANS AFFAIRS LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds to build a Veteran's Affairs long-term care facility. |
PSM/HLT, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS AND COMMITTEE ON TOURISM AND CULTURE
Thursday, March 20, 2003
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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SB 1619 SD2, HD1 (HSCR914) |
RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes an investment tax credit for qualified investments in the motor sports facility to be developed at Kalaeloa, parcel 9. |
WLH, PSM/TAC, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS AND COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Thursday, March 20, 2003
9:15 a.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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SB 88 SD1 (SSCR972) |
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES OWNED BY MILITARY PERSONNEL. Exempts military personnel from the requirement of obtaining seller's consent to remove a privately owned vehicle from the State when the vehicle is subject to an out-of-state lien. |
PSM/TRN, CPC |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
Thursday, March 20, 2003
9:30 a.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HR 74/HCR 76 |
URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO SUPPORT THE PASSAGE OF H.R. 664, RELATING TO IMPROVING BENEFITS FOR FILIPINO VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II. |
PSM |
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HR 75/HCR 77 |
URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO SUPPORT THE PASSAGE OF S. 68, RELATING TO IMPROVING BENEFITS FOR FILIPINO VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II. |
PSM |
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HR 154/HCR 190 |
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO COMPLY WITH CRITERIA FOR HURRICANE-RESISTANT SHELTERS ESTABLISHED BY THE ADJUTANT GENERAL. |
PSM, FIN |
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SB 634 SD2 (SSCR935) |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR TWO COUNSELORS TO TREAT WOMEN INCARCERATED FOR DRUG-RELATED OFFENSES ON MAUI. Appropriates funds for two counselors on Maui to treat women incarcerated on drug-related offenses. |
PSM, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Thursday, March 20, 2003
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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SB 855 SD1, HD1 (HSCR916) |
RELATING TO ENERGY. Extends indefinitely the period in which a tax credit may be applied for alternate energy systems; changes the amount of the tax credits. Repeals heat pump and ice storage tax credits. Directs the tax review commission to periodically review the tax credits, beginning July 1, 2010. |
EDB, EEP, FIN |
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SB 354 SD2 (SSCR920) |
RELATING TO ENERGY. Extends heat pump and ice storage systems tax credits to 2008 and replaces credit percentages and amounts with unspecified percentages and amounts. |
EEP, FIN |
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HR 100 |
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM TO INCLUDE IN ITS "RENEWABLE ENERGY RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, COMMERCIALIZATION, AND EXPORT PROMOTION PLAN FOR HAWAII", A PLAN FOR THE ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS OR OTHER FORMS OF REVENUE FINANCING FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS IN PUBLIC FACILITIES. |
EEP, FIN |
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HCR 115 |
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM TO INCLUDE IN ITS "RENEWABLE ENERGY RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, COMMERCIALIZATION, AND EXPORT PROMOTION PLAN FOR HAWAII", A PLAN FOR THE ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS OR OTHER FORMS OF REVENUE FINANCING FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS IN PUBLIC FACILITIES. |
EEP, FIN |
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HR 94 |
REQUESTING THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE TO ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDIZED POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS TO REDUCE THE APPROVAL PROCESS TIME FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS. |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
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HCR 110 |
REQUESTING THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE TO ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDIZED POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS TO REDUCE THE APPROVAL PROCESS TIME FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS. |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
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HR 147 |
REQUESTING THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT AN ANALYSIS OF ITS CURRENT EFFORTS TO DETERMINE TO WHAT EXTENT IT IS UTILIZING PROMISING ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES IN ITS DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS. |
EEP/WLH, FIN |
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HCR 183 |
REQUESTING THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT AN ANALYSIS OF ITS CURRENT EFFORTS TO DETERMINE TO WHAT EXTENT IT IS UTILIZING PROMISING ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES IN ITS DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS. |
EEP/WLH, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES AND HOUSING
Thursday, March 20, 2003
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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SB 964 SD 1 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR TREATMENT SERVICES FOR CHILD VICTIMS OF INTRAFAMILIAL SEXUAL ABUSE. Appropriates funds for treatment services for child victims of intrafamilial sexual abuse and their families who are not serviced by child protective services. |
HLT/HSH, FIN |
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Decision making to follow.
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HLT only : |
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SB 661 SD 1 |
RELATING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT. Creates the sexual assault prevention special fund; raises the marriage license fee for deposit into the fund. Directs the department of health to use moneys from the fund for sexual assault prevention programs. |
HLT, FIN |
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SB 963 SD 1 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE POISON CENTER. Appropriates funds for the Department of Health to operate the Poison Center 24 hours a day. |
HLT, FIN |
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SB 1241 |
RELATING TO CANCER EXAMINATIONS. Repeals section 321-45, Hawaii Revised Statutes, requiring hospitals to offer a uterine cytologic examination for cancer to every female in-patient twenty years of age of older unless the exam is contraindicated by attending physician or was performed within the previous year. |
HLT, FIN |
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SB 325 |
RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS. Appropriates funds to finance the costs of construction improvements and for equipping health care facilities using special purpose revenue bonds. |
HLT, FIN |
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SB 745 SD 2 |
RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. Requires DOH to integrate emergency aeromedical services into statewide emergency medical services. Appropriates funds for: aeromedical services for Maui county, emergency medical services at the Waianae Coast Comprehension Health Center, advance life support ambulance services for parts of Maui and Hawaii. Requires matching county funds. |
HLT, FIN |
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SB 624 SD 1 |
RELATING TO INFORMED CONSENT. Updates the informed consent statute and increases consistency with other informed consent law. |
HLT, JUD |
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SB 1356 SD 1 |
RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF VITAL STATISTICS. Permits a more timely reporting of cause-of-death and related medical information of deceased individuals. Facilitates a more timely registration of deaths and the issuance of death certificates and burial-transit permits by conversion from a paper-based to an electronic registration process. Redefines the term "fetal death" (stillborn) and alters the recording of fetal death events from a certificate-based to a report-based system. Authorizes a patient's next of kin to request and receive copies of the patient's medical records. |
HLT, JUD |
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SB 1357 SD 1 |
RELATING TO VITAL STATISTICS REGISTRATION DISTRICTS. Streamlines the registration of births and deaths occurring in the State by the Department of Health. |
HLT, FIN |
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SB 1361 SD 2 |
RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. Makes approved, therapeutically equivalent generic drug products substitutable within days or weeks (as opposed to months) of a new generic product release. Ensures the expedited removal of nonequivalent drugs from the state formulary, resulting in improved patient outcomes. |
HLT, CPC |
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Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS CONCERNS
Thursday, March 20, 2003
11:00 a.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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SB 1611 (SSCR600) |
RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM. Provides waiver application process for dealers required to operate bottle redemption centers. Requires adoption of rules, including prompt review of waiver, renewal of waiver, and method to revoke waiver. |
EEP/EDB, FIN |
Decision making to follow.