HOD 03-04-04 HEARING

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Thursday, March 4, 2004

2:00 p.m.

State Capitol Auditorium; State Capitol

AGENDA:

HB 2290 (HSCR348-04)	RELATING TO DRIVER LICENSING. Establishes a three-stage graduated driver licensing system for persons under the age of eighteen. Requires drivers under the age of eighteen to be accompanied by a licensed parent or guardian when driving between the hours of ten o'clock p.m. and four o'clock a.m. with exceptions. Requires temporary permit holders to be accompanied with an individual who is twenty-one years of age rather than eighteen when driving.	TRN, JUD
HB 706 (HSCR363)	RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON. Adds violence against health care professionals to the offenses of assault in the second degree and terroristic threatening in the first degree.	HLT, JUD
HB 2254	RELATING TO CHAPTER 707, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. Clarifies that the definition of "sexual penetration" includes the acts of cunnilingus and anilingus whether or not actual penetration has occurred.	JUD
HB 2259	RELATING TO MISUSE OF 911. Makes it a misdemeanor to make a false report using 911 emergency telephone number.	JUD
HB 2100 HD1 (HSCR339-04)	RELATING TO INVOLUNTARY PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT. Authorizes the Department of Health to adopt rules to establish an administrative process allowing involuntary medication of psychiatric patients institutionalized at state operated or funded psychiatric facilities to alleviate mental illness and restore competency while protecting the rights of patients. (HB2100 HD1)	HLT, JUD

Decision making to follow.

 

 

Decision making only:

HB 2458 (HSCR193-04)	RELATING TO CHILD WELFARE SERVICES. Clarifies that DHS may require a parent, legal custodian, guardian, or caregiver, in cases where appropriate, to participate in diversion and other supportive services, in lieu of taking custody of a child.	HSH, JUD
HB 537	RELATING TO CIVIL RIGHTS. Adds sexual orientation as a protected status for laws prohibiting discrimination in housing. Creates an additional exemption to discrimination in housing law. Adds sexual orientation and familial status as protected statuses in anti-blockbusting law.	JUD
HB 2894 (HSCR128-04)	RELATING TO ACCESS TO REAL PROPERTY. Requires a seller to disclose to a buyer the existence, if any, of legal or traditional public access whenever a piece of real property is put up for sale.	WLH/AGR, JUD
HB 1743 HD1 (HSCR110-04)	RELATING TO LIGHT POLLUTION. Authorizes BLNR to prohibit residential properties from shining artificial lights onto adjacent shorelines and nearshore waters of state conservation districts as designated under chapter 183C, HRS, and special management areas as designated under chapter 205A, HRS. (HB1743 HD1)	EEP/WLH, JUD

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Friday, March 5, 2004

9:45 a.m.

Conference Room 329; State Capitol

AGENDA:

HCR16

REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO ASSESS THE SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF REQUIRING HEALTH INSURERS TO OFFER COVERAGE FOR COGNITIVE REHABILITATION.

HLT, CPC, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

 

 

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Friday, March 5, 2004

10:00 a.m.

Conference Room 329; State Capitol

AGENDA:

THE PURPOSE OF THIS BRIEFING IS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE IN HAWAII, INCLUDING ITS PREVENTION AND TREATMENT

Peter Whiticar Chief, STD/AIDS Prevention Branch, Department of Health
Al Katz, MD, MPH Dept. of Public Health Sciences & Epidemiology, John A. Burns School of Medicine
Julienne Nakano State HIV Resource Teacher, Department of Education
Lois Arakaki Women's Team, Kalihi Palama Health Center

 

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Friday, March 5, 2004

10:00 a.m.

Conference Room 308; State Capitol

AGENDA:

HB 2300 (HSCR446-04)	RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY. Provides the Judiciary supplemental budget for the 2003-2005 biennium.	JUD, FIN
HB 1800	RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET. Supplemental Operating Budget.	FIN

Decision making to follow.