COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE
Wednesday, February 9, 2005
1:30 p.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 633 (HSCR45) |
RELATING TO FEES. Provides the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs with the flexibility to adjust fees and other nontax revenues to respond to changing economic conditions. |
EDB, CPC, FIN |
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HB 81 (HSCR12) |
RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIERS. Changes marking requirements for motor carrier vehicles to help ensure conformance with federal standards. |
TRN, CPC |
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Decision making to follow.
Decision making only: |
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HB 216 |
RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES. |
CPC, JUD |
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HB 424 |
RELATING TO NATURAL DISASTERS. |
CPC, FIN |
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HB 641 |
RELATING TO INSURANCE. |
CPC, JUD, FIN |
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HB 1302 |
RELATING TO BUSINESS FEES. |
CPC, FIN |
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HB 99 |
RELATING TO BUSINESS. |
CPC, FIN |
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HB 160 |
RELATING TO THE COMPLIANCE RESOLUTION FUND. |
CPC, FIN |
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HB 53 |
RELATING TO HEALTH INSURER ASSESSMENTS. |
CPC, FIN |
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HB 660 |
RELATING TO CABLE TELEVISION. |
CPC, FIN |
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HB 868 |
RELATING TO CEMETERIES. |
CPC, JUD |
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HB 636 |
RELATING TO CABLE TELEVISION.
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CPC, FIN |
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Wednesday, February 9, 2005
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 758 |
RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES. Requires the department of education to adhere to the state minimum wage law when setting wages for meal ticket and adult supervisors. |
EDN/LAB, FIN |
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HB 841 |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Repeals the school-to-work executive council, as the program's key initiatives have been established under other public and private entities. |
EDN/LAB, FIN |
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HB 847 |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes an advisory salary commission to make recommendations on substitute teacher compensation. |
EDN/LAB, FIN |
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HB 1608 |
RELATING TO VOLUNTARY EMPLOYEES' BENEFICIARY ASSOCIATION TRUSTS. Authorizes and sets forth the requirements for the establishment of a VEBA trust by public employee organizations to provide health benefits for its members. Establishes a 3 year VEBA trust pilot program to allow for the analysis of the costs and benefits of a VEBA trust against those of the Hawaii EUTF. |
EDN/LAB, FIN |
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HB 1618 |
RELATING TO PRIVATE TRADE, VOCATIONAL, OR TECHNICAL SCHOOLS. Transfers from the department of education to the department of commerce and consumer affairs regulatory jurisdiction over trade schools. |
EDN/LAB, CPC, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Wednesday, February 9, 2005
2:30 p.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 1274 |
RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. Provides civil service employees transferred by Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004, with the right to apply for intra- and inter-departmental transfer and promotional opportunities within the executive branch. |
LAB/EDN, FIN |
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HB 1606 |
RELATING TO TEACHERS. Establishes annual increment salary increases for teachers and creates a comprehensive evaluation process for teachers. |
LAB/EDN, FIN |
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HB 1614 |
RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE PERSONNEL. Establishes that department of education civil service employees shall have the same benefits and rights of civil service employees employed in executive departments. |
LAB/EDN, FIN |
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HB 1671 |
RELATING TO RETIREMENT BENEFITS. Allows teachers hired prior to July 1, 1996 with up to a two year break in service and still retain full retirement health benefits upon accruing ten years of credited service. |
LAB/EDN, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT
Wednesday February 9, 2005
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 423; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 15 |
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Authorizes the board of regents of the University of Hawaii to develop internal policies and procedures for the procurement of goods, services, and construction not subject to the procurement code. |
LMG, HED, FIN |
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HB 439 |
RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN. Authorizes the ombudsman or an authorized representative to obtain state tax returns and return information in connection with the official duties of the office of the ombudsman. |
LMG, JUD |
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HB 440 |
RELATING TO THE OMBUDSMAN. Expands jurisdiction of ombudsman to include private agencies providing health services and human services under contract to a governmental agency. Changes first assistant to deputy ombudsman. |
LMG, JUD |
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HB 906 |
RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS ON THE INTERNET. Appropriates funds for legislative media streaming to provide audio and video streaming of legislative proceedings over the internet. |
LMG, FIN |
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HB 926 |
RELATING TO SPECIAL ELECTIONS. Changes manner of filling vacancy in the state house of representatives. Requires central committee of party of person to be replaced to submit to governor three nominees to fill vacancy and governor appoints replacement from those nominees. Establishes notice requirements; provides that special election to fill house vacancy shall use instant runoff voting system; directs chief election officer to develop an instant runoff voting system. |
LMG, JUD, FIN |
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HB 929 |
RELATING TO THE CAPITOL. Prohibits any decrease in the number of public parking spaces in the state capitol underground parking facility during the first 6 months of each calendar year. |
LMG, FIN |
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HB 1031 |
RELATING TO STATE GOVERNMENT. Requires the governor and legislature to ensure public access to information, services, and proceedings of the executive and legislative branches. Authorizes the governor to convene a fair access commission to review public access issues for the neighbor islands and rural Oahu. |
LMG, JUD, FIN |
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HB 1585 |
RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SALARY COMMISSION. Proposes a constitutional amendment to establish a salary commission to review and make recommendations for the salaries of justices, judges, state legislators, the governor, the lieutenant governor, and state executive branch department heads and their assistants, excluding the University of Hawaii and the Department of Education. |
LMG, JUD, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & BUSINESS CONCERNS AND COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY & MILITARY AFFAIRS
Thursday, February 10, 2005
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
8:30 a.m. AGENDA:
EDB/PSM only:
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HB 1448 |
RELATING TO INCOME TAX CREDIT. Provides an income tax credit for the installation of an automatic fire sprinkler system. |
EDB/PSM, JUD, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
9:00 a.m. AGENDA:
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HB 930 |
RELATING TO PREVAILING WAGES. Clarifies that the state law requiring payment of prevailing wages applies to all laborers, mechanics, required assistants, helpers, tenders, and apprentices on a public works project, and not only those on the job site. |
EDB/LAB, FIN |
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HB 1404 |
RELATING TO EMPLOYEES. Requires successor employers to retain incumbent employees upon the divestiture, sale, or acquisition of a business. Enables certain successor companies that acquire a business to also acquire its predecessor's unemployment insurance contribution assessment rate through 12/31/05. |
EDB/LAB, JUD, FIN |
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HB 1541 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS. Requires any state funded construction projects to establish certified payroll and compliance of the Davis Bacon Act. |
EDB/LAB, FIN |
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HB 1755 |
RELATING TO THE HAWAII PROCUREMENT INSTITUTE. Removes state procurement office's oversight of the Hawaii procurement institute. Appropriates funds for the institute. |
EDB/LAB, HED, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
10:00 a.m. AGENDA:
EDB/AGR only:
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HB 603 |
RELATING TO STATE ENTERPRISE ZONES. Allows farmers who suffer economic losses from force majeure events to drop out of the Enterprise Zone (EZ) program for the period of the loss and gain a month-for -month extension of their overall 84-month eligibility. Clarifies the definition of a "full-time employee" includes leased employees and employees under a joint employer relationship. Specifies that tax credits taken in the EZ program cannot be duplicated in other tax incentive programs. |
EDB/AGR, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
10:15 a.m. AGENDA:
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HB 1200 |
RELATING TO STATE ENTERPRISE ZONES. Establishes that agricultural businesses shall remain eligible for tax incentives in the event of force majeure; allows agricultural businesses to meet annual gross revenue requirements if the businesses are unable to meet annual full-time employee requirements. |
AGR/EDB, FIN |
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HB 820 |
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates $200,000 to plan a terminal market pilot program on the Big Island; appropriates $50,000 for the Department of Agriculture (DOA) to hire a consultant to assist in planning terminal markets; authorizes $3,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finance construction and equipment for a terminal market and vacuum cooling plant on the island of Hawaii; requires the consultant to work with DOA to form a Committee relating to terminal markets. |
AGR/EDB, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
10:45 a.m. AGENDA:
EDB only:
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HB 923 |
RELATING TO COUNTY TAXES. Authorizes a county to impose the general excise tax. |
EDB, FIN |
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HB 172 (HSCR31) |
RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a 5% income tax credit for employers that hire members of the national guard. Establishes that the maximum tax credit per national guard/employee shall be $1,000. |
PSM, EDB, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Thursday, February 10, 2005
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
8:30 a.m. AGENDA:
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HB 511 |
RELATING TO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. Authorizes the public utilities commission to lead and advance greenhouse gas emission reduction for public utilities supplying electricity. |
EEP, CPC |
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HB 512 |
RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE. Creates in DOH: (1) global climate change coordination council; and (2) scientific and technical advisory committee. Requires council to recommend steps to reduce Hawaii's 1994 emissions levels of greenhouse gases by 25% by 2009 and by 50% by 2034. |
EEP, FIN |
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HB 513 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. Requires the public utilities commission to monetize external costs, e.g. environmental costs, associated with electricity generation. Requires the use of external costs when evaluating resource options and public need and necessity in commission proceedings. |
EEP, CPC |
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HB 1015 |
RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM. Exempts passenger vessels from the requirements of the State's deposit beverage container program. Defines passenger vessel as any domestic- or foreign-flagged marine vessel or air carrier used primarily for transporting persons to, from, or within the State. |
EEP, TRN |
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HB 1216 |
RELATING TO AN ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM TAX CREDIT. Provides a tax credit for the cost of energy storage systems installed for the storage of electricity or another useful energy product created by electricity in order to shift electric load to off-peak periods. |
EEP, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
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HB 410 |
RELATING TO ENERGY. This is a short form bill for decision making only. No testimony will be accepted. |
EEP |
10:00 a.m. AGENDA:
EEP/WLO only:
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HB1311 |
RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Allows a renewable energy producer to acquire an option to lease a parcel of public land from the Board of Land and Natural Resources. |
EEP/WLO, FIN |
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HB895 |
RELATING TO COASTAL LIGHT POLLUTION. Prohibits in a special management area artificial lights that are positioned toward or directly illuminate the ocean, unless such light is authorized and required for public safety or safe ocean navigation. |
EEP/WLO, JUD |
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HB416 |
RELATING TO THE WAIANAE COAST. Appropriates funds to conduct an environmental impact statement for the Waianae coast. |
EEP/WLO, FIN |
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HB1777 |
RELATING TO THE USE OF HERBICIDES IN PUBLIC PARKS. Requires all state agencies to discontinue use of herbicides and to maintain public parks with nonchemical means. |
EEP/WLO, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
Thursday, February 10, 2005
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
8:50 a.m. AGENDA:
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HB 1340 |
RELATING TO THE PATIENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT. Amends the review procedure process under the patients' bill of rights and responsibilities act. Preserves commissioner's discretion to convene panel to hear cases for consumers in non-ERISA plans. Requires the commissioner to determine whether requests for external review concerns an ERISA plan and to direct all requests for review of ERISA plan benefits to an independent review organization selected by the commissioner. |
HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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HB 1240 |
RELATING TO EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVES FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS IN EMERGENCY ROOMS. Requires hospitals to provide information on emergency contraception to sexual assault victims and provide emergency contraception when requested; requires training on sexual assault and emergency contraceptives to those who treat survivors; provides for enforcement and penalties. |
HLT, JUD, FIN |
9:00 a.m. AGENDA:
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HB 967 |
RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires DOH to publish food establishment violations on its web site each month. Requires a food establishment, upon request, to permit a customer to view a copy of the current inspection report, including inspection findings, any violation found, and any penalty. Imposes a fine for noncompliance. |
HLT, JUD, FIN |
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HB 1478 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR ON-CALL EMERGENCY CARE SERVICES AT THE QUEEN'S MEDICAL CENTER. Appropriates funds for on-call emergency care services at The Queen's Medical Center in support of its emergency department and trauma center. Requires the legislative reference bureau in partnership with the Center to study the impact of the on-call crisis center on the State's Level II Trauma Center. |
HLT, LMG, FIN |
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HB 573 |
RELATING TO TOBACCO. Requires businesses engaged in the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products at the retail level to acquire a retail tobacco permit from the Department of Taxation. Provides criminal penalties for the retail sale of cigarettes or other tobacco products without a valid retail tobacco permit, and for the seizure and for forfeiture of cigarettes and other tobacco products sold, possessed, dept, acquired, distributed, or transported without a valid retail tobacco permit. |
HLT, JUD, FIN |
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HB 1035 |
RELATING TO SAFE DRINKING WATER. Reduces acceptable levels of heterotrophic bacteria in surface water systems from 500/ml to 100/ml. |
HLT, WLO, CPC/JUD |
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HB 1036 |
RELATING TO SAFE DRINKING WATER. Reduces acceptable levels of heterotrophic bacteria in surface water systems from 500/ml to 100/ml. |
HLT, WLO, CPC/JUD |
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HB 1487 |
RELATING TO HEALTH COVERAGE FOR BRAIN INJURIES. Requires insurers, hospital and medical services plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for survivors of brain injuries including, among other things, cognitive and neurocognitive therapy, neurobehavioral and neuropsychological testing or treatment, and necessary post-acute transition services or community reintegration activities. |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
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HB 673 |
MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES. Makes an emergency appropriation ($981,719) for additional funds from the Early Intervention Special Fund for FY 2004-2005, for the Family Health Services Division for early intervention services for infants and children from birth to three years of age.
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HLT, EDN, FIN |
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HB 686 |
RELATING TO THE STATE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON DRUG ABUSE AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Abolishes the Hawaii Advisory Commission on Drug Abuse and Controlled Substances. |
HLT, JUD, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
Decision making only:
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HB 728 |
RELATING TO A LONG-TERM CARE TAX CREDIT. Provides a refundable net income tax credit to encourage the purchase of long term care insurance. (Deferred from 2/5/05.) |
HUS/HLT, CPC, FIN |
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HB 1334 |
RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE. Establishes a long-term care mandatory premium to pay for long-term care benefits; establishes long-term care income tax credit for amounts paid for purchase of long-term care insurance; appropriates funds. (Deferred from 2/7/05.) |
HLT/HUS, CPC, FIN |
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HB 848 |
RELATING TO EXTERNAL REVIEW. Amends provisions relating to external review for members of health care plans. (Deferred 2/7/05.) |
HLT, CPC, JUD |
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HB 1066 |
RELATING TO HEALTH CARE INSURANCE TAX CREDIT. Provides a tax credit to employers who provide health care coverage for their part-time employees at the lesser of 50% of premiums paid or $ per part-time employee. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2005. (Deferred 2/7/05.) |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
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HB 646 |
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Includes therapeutic massage and physical therapy treatments, when prescribed by a medical doctor and limited to no more than 30 visits, as PIP benefits. Limits the combined total of chiropractic, acupuncture, naturopathic, therapeutic massage, and physical therapy treatments to no more than 30 visits. (Deferred 2/7/05.) |
HLT, LAB, CPC |
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HB 647 |
RELATING TO INSURANCE. Provides a "fast-track" certification process for foreign HMOs. (Deferred 2/7/05.) |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
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HB 663 |
RELATING TO THE PATIENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT. Provides for an external review process of health insurance coverage decisions that would not be pre-empted by ERISA. (Deferred 2/7/05.) |
HLT, CPC, JUD |
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HB 395 |
RELATING TO THE PATIENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS. Conforms the law to a recent Hawaii Supreme Court decision by amending the Patients' Bill of Rights external review procedure under which patients may appeal a managed care plan's final, internal decision to deny coverage of a health intervention. (Heard 1/31/05. Deferred 2/7/05.) |
HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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HB 538 |
RELATING TO MANDATORY OVERTIME FOR NURSES. Prohibits both public and private hospitals from forcing nurses to work overtime, except in cases of a federal, state, or county declared emergency. Excludes nurse midwives and nurse anesthetists from mandatory overtime requirements. (Heard 2/3/05. Deferred 2/7/05.) |
HLT, LAB, FIN |
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HB 516 |
RELATING TO EMERGENCY HEALTH POWERS. Provides broad powers to the department of health to respond to a public health emergency. (Heard 1/31/05. Deferred 2/7/05.) |
HLT, JUD/CPC, FIN |
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY & MILITARY AFFAIRS
Thursday, February 10, 2005
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
9:00 a.m. AGENDA:
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HB 1630 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII CIVIL AIR PATROL. Appropriates funds for the Hawaii civil air patrol for operational expenses. |
PSM, FIN |
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HB 759 |
RELATING TO MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. Requires notification to the commanding officer of a military installation of: (1) zoning changes; and (2) district boundary amendments for land within 3,000 feet or two miles of a military installation (depending on the size of the population of the county in question). |
PSM, WLO, FIN |
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HB 1029 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. Appropriates funds for the office of veterans' services to publish a Hawaii Veterans' newsletter. |
PSM, FIN |
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HB 114 HD1 (HSCR22) |
RELATING TO VETERANS. Appropriates funds for the construction of a Waipahu centennial memorial. (HB114 HD1) |
PSM, FIN |
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HB 1543 |
RELATING TO HEALTH BENEFITS. Provides bargaining unit (12) with a tax credit for health care benefits due to increased costs. |
PSM, LAB, FIN |
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HB 1544 |
RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides members of bargaining unit (12) with a state income tax exemption for salaries and wages as set forth in the collective bargaining agreement for bargaining unit (12). |
PSM, LAB, FIN |
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HB 1545 |
RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Excludes members of collective bargaining unit (12) from the definition of "employee" under the EUTF. |
PSM, LAB, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
9:45 a.m. AGENDA:
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HB 488 |
RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Appropriates funds to expand work release programs for women inmates. |
PSM, FIN |
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HB 1005 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Establishes a task force to develop programs and support services for children of incarcerated parents, as well as programs to strengthen the family bond. Requires the Department of Public Safety to implement the task force's recommendations. |
PSM, HUS, FIN |
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HB 13 |
RELATING TO DRUG REHABILITATION HOMES IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS. Repeals provisions in Hawaii Revised Statutes allowing certain drug rehabilitation homes to be located in residential areas. |
PSM, JUD |
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HB 1320 |
RELATING TO EMERGENCY 911. Requires the chief of police of each county to retain the dispatch tape recordings of all emergency 911 calls for a period of at least 3 years. |
PSM, JUD, FIN |
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HB 1075 |
RELATING TO TUITION WAIVERS. Re-establishes the tuition waiver program at University of Hawaii for veterans of the Vietnam conflict. |
PSM, HED, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
Decision making only:
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HB 115 |
RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS. This is a short form bill for decision-making only. No testimony will be accepted. |
PSM |
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HB 36 |
RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. Exempts operations of inmate commissary or store operation from the Hawaii public procurement code where no public funds are involved. |
PSM, FIN |
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HB 1634 |
RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. Directs the executive branch to prepare preliminary design and request for proposals for the design, development, and operation of a correctional facility and to consider the undeveloped portion of the existing Halawa correctional facility as one possible site for the facility. |
PSM, FIN |
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HB 1204 |
RELATING TO VETERANS. Gives military veterans that served in the Iraq or Afghanistan conflicts priority to housing developed under chapter 201G. |
PSM, HSG, FIN |
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HB 1205 |
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. Authorizes the issuance of general obligations bonds to fund upgrading and installation of the tsunami siren warning system. |
PSM, FIN |
Decision making on HB 1629 will be deferred until a later date.