COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE AND COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
Monday, January 30, 2006
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
CPC/HLT only:
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HB 1869 |
RELATING TO ADVERTISING BY DRUG MANUFACTURERS AND DISCLOSURE OF CLINICAL TRIALS. Requires: prescription drug ads to meet federal standards; public disclosure of clinical trial information; and drug manufacturers to pay fees to DOH, which shall fund a public education initiative on clinical trials and drug safety. |
CPC/HLT, FIN |
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HB 1872 |
RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. Establishes offense of excessive prescription drug prices, including definitions, burden of proof, and judicial remedies. |
CPC/HLT, JUD |
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HB 1873 |
RELATING TO PRESCRIPTIONS. Establishes that records regarding prescriptions shall not be transferred or sold; a violation is an unfair and deceptive act. |
CPC/HLT, JUD |
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HB 1875 |
RELATING TO ETHICAL MARKETING OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. Establishes ethical prescription drug marketing law. Requires annual disclosure of gifts worth more than $25 from pharmaceutical companies or their representatives to physicians and health care providers who issue prescriptions. |
CPC/HLT, JUD |
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Decision making to follow.
Decision making only: |
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HB 1975 |
RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. Short form bill relating to emergency medical services. |
CPC/HLT |
CPC only:
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HB 1796 |
RELATING TO NOTICE. Requires a notice of foreclosure to be made in a newspaper published in the county (population of 200,000 or less) where the foreclosed property is located. The notice may also be made in a newspaper of general circulation. |
CPC |
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HB 1905 |
RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Amends definitions of common elements and limited common elements to clarify that when a common element benefits fewer than all unit owners, that common element is considered a limited common element. Eliminates requirement that owners of units to which limited common elements are appurtenant consent to amendments to declaration that affect those limited common elements. |
CPC |
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HB 1936 |
RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. Requires board of directors of planned community associations to notify members of the creation, alteration, or elimination of any committees or subcommittees. Requires association to make financial statements and meeting minutes available for member's review at convenient location within the planned community or on a 24-hour loan basis. Requires transmittal of records on request within 15 days, with costs for duplication and transmittal to be charged to the association. |
CPC |
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HB 2196 |
RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. Requires planned community associations to maintain financial statements and other financial information at a convenient location for examination by any member for the duration that those statements and information are kept by the association. |
CPC |
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HB 2197 |
RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. Requires association to give prior written notice of costs for providing information. |
CPC |
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HB 1836 |
RELATING TO VETERINARIANS. Authorizes, upon certain conditions and without examination, temporary licensure of veterinarians who are licensed in good standing in another state that has licensing standards equivalent to or higher than Hawaii's. |
CPC, FIN |
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HB 1967 |
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Allows primary named insured and insurer to agree to exclude specified resident relatives of the primary named/insured from coverage under a motor vehicle insurance policy. |
CPC |
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HB 1878 |
RELATING TO INVESTMENT SECURITIES ACT. Allows conditional methods of compensation for an investment adviser with respect to investment advisory contracts. |
CPC |
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HB 2261 |
RELATING TO VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES. Requires violent video games to be labeled as specified and prohibits the sale or rental of those violent video games to minors. Provides that a person who violates the law shall be fined up to $1,000 for each violation. |
CPC, JUD |
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HB 2256 |
RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. Prohibits the unauthorized access to or control of a computer or the inducing, by misrepresentation, authorized person to load software. Authorizes attorney general or prosecuting attorney to seek up to $2,500 per violation. Authorizes private action to recover $5,000 per violation or 5 times the amount of damage cause, whichever is greater. |
CPC, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY & MILITARY AFFAIRS AND COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Monday, January 30, 2006
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 2183 |
RELATING TO EMERGENCY SHELTERS. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to fund retrofit of public school buildings to enable them to be used as emergency shelters. |
EDN/PSM, FIN |
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HB 2182 |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Makes appropriations for operations of, and repair and maintenance for the Department of Education (DOE) and the University of Hawaii. Authorizes DOE to use certificates of participation to finance the construction of new schools. |
EDN/HED, FIN |
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HB 1839 |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Ensures that every blind or visually-impaired child is instructed in Braille, if deemed appropriate to the child's current and future needs. |
EDN, FIN |
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HB 1891 |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Increases the funds deposited to the state educational facilities improvement special fund. |
EDN, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
Decision making only (heard on January 25, 2006):
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HB 1862 |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Allows the DOE to employ retired teachers full time to teach in teacher shortage areas and serve as mentors for new classroom teachers. |
EDN/LAB, FIN |
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
Monday, January 30, 2006
3:00 p.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 1997 |
RELATING TO SCHOOL SAFETY. Authorizes the principal of a public school to authorize temporary use of handicapped parking stalls during an emergency or hazardous traffic condition for students. |
EDN/HLT, JUD |
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HB 2213 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE ASSESSMENTS FOR UNINSURED STUDENTS. Establishes an "assessment bank" to cover the cost of substance abuse assessments for uninsured students who are found to be in violation of the department of education's zero tolerance policy relating to alcohol and other drugs. Makes appropriation. |
EDN/HLT, JUD, FIN |
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HB 2212 |
RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE. Makes permanent provisions allowing a child who violates the zero tolerance policy for drugs and alcohol in public schools to return to school earlier than indicated in the original disciplinary determination following the completion of a substance abuse assessment and related treatment or counseling. Requires public schools to screen students facing substance abuse-related discipline to determine if there is a need for a substance abuse assessment referral. Requires the parent or legal guardian of a child facing discipline but who has been assessed as not needing treatment to consent to follow-up counseling for the child's family. Requires school administrators to review and determine the nature and severity of the child's offense, its impact on others, the offender's age, and whether the child is a repeat offender. Allows certified substance abuse counselors to conduct substance abuse assessments qualifying individuals for substance abuse-related insurance benefits. Requires assessments to be completed within ten days for children facing substance abuse-related school discipline. |
EDN/HLT, JUD, FIN |
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Decision making to follow. |
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND HOUSE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Monday, January 30, 2006
2:30 p.m.
State Capitol Auditorium
AGENDA:
UPDATE ON THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE, TREATMENT, PREVENTION AND INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION AMONG STATE AGENCIES (ACT 40) AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS
The purpose of this briefing is to receive information from the Department of Health and other state agencies regarding the implementation of the Substance Abuse Treatment Monitoring Program established in Act 40 as well as the implementation and performance of community and school-based substance abuse programs funded by the legislature using State and federal funds. The Committee will hear from a sample of private non-profit substance abuse treatment providers.
The briefing will focus on budget requests, justification of funds, prevention initiatives, interagency collaboration, providers of services, data collected and records maintained by the programs. The Committees want to ensure the integrity and efficacy of program initiatives in this important area of substance abuse prevention and treatment.
Presenters will include:
Alcohol & Drug Abuse, DOH (HTH 440)
The Judiciary
Lt. Governor’s Office
Public Safety Department
Office of Youth Services
Hina Mauka
Maui Youth Family Services
YMCA Kalihi
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, & OCEAN RESOURCES
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
8:30 a.m. AGENDA:
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HB 2382 |
RELATING TO THE UNIFORM ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANTS ACT. Provides for "environmental covenants" for contaminated property to assure long-term compliance with requirements needed to protect the public and environment when complete removal of contaminants is not feasible, practical, or necessary. |
EEP/WLO, JUD, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
8:35 a.m. AGENDA:
Decision making only:
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HB 1706 |
RELATING TO THE UNIFORM ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANTS ACT. Establishes the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act. |
EEP/WLO, JUD, FIN |
8:45 a.m. AGENDA:
EEP only:
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HB 1952 |
RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. Authorizes the issuance of $10,000,000 in general obligation bonds for repairs and improvements to the Waimanalo wastewater treatment plant to, among other things, render the plant in compliance with rules and to enable additional development in the Waimanalo area. |
EEP, FIN |
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HB 2619 |
RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Ensures that electric utility companies are afforded an opportunity to earn a fair rate of return, rather than providing that their profit margins will not decrease as a result of any proposed utility rate-making structure. |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
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HB 2235 |
RELATING TO ENERGY RESOURCES. In the acquisition of energy-using products, requires state agencies to include in their annual reports an explanation as to why ENERGY STAR or other energy efficient products were not selected. |
EEP, FIN |
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HB 2620 |
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Establishes an alternative fuels portfolio standard, requiring a percentage of all new motor vehicles sold in the State to be powered by alternative fuels, starting in 2008. |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
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HB 2175 |
RELATING TO ENERGY. Increases renewable energy tax credit for photovoltaic systems and removes the credits' 2008 sunset date; authorizes bond issuances to install photovoltaic systems at public schools statewide and enable state facilities to meet greenhouse gas and energy consumption reduction goals; requires incorporation of leadership in energy in environmental design silver standards for certain state-funded facilities; establishes the pay as you save pilot project to help finance residential solar hot water systems. |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
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HB 2039 |
RELATING TO DECONTAMINATION OF ILLEGAL DRUG MANUFACTURING SITES. Establishes a program for reporting illegal drug manufacturing laboratories, for proceedings to find them unfit for use, for site decontamination, and for certification of decontamination contractors. |
EEP, JUD, FIN |
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HB 2503 |
RELATING TO DERELICT VEHICLE. Amends the definition of derelict to include vehicles deemed abandoned and delete vehicles that are ten years or older. |
EEP, JUD, FIN |
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HB 2508 |
RELATING TO WAIVER OF ABANDONED VEHICLE PUBLIC AUCTION REQUIREMENTS. Increases from $250 to $1,000 the value of an abandoned vehicle for which public auction requirements may be waived. Removes requirement for the value of the vehicle to be appraised. |
EEP, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 1797 |
RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY. Removes the maximum age restriction on the unemployment insurance contribution exemption for an employer's children who work for their parent. Lowers the maximum taxable wage base to the federal minimum of $7,000, for calendar years 2006 and 2007. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 1837 |
RELATING TO EMPLOYER INTIMIDATION. Prohibits employers from coercing employees into attending employer-sponsored meetings on the employer's religious or political opinions. |
LAB, JUD |
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HB 2001 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE. Authorizes workers' compensation insurers to place a 50% surcharge on the costs of their policies under specified circumstances. |
LAB, CPC, FIN |
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HB 2002 |
RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYERS' MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY. Requires the oversight council of the Hawaii Employers' Mutual Insurance Company to use the state auditor to report on whether the company is fulfilling its express statutory purposes. |
LAB, CPC, FIN/LMG |
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HB 2180 |
RELATING TO LABOR. Transfers the Manpower Development and Training Program from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) to the University of Hawaii Community College System. Appropriates Reed Act Funds to be expended by the community college system for administrative costs of county employment service programs. Appropriates funds for four county manpower development program coordinators. |
LAB, HED, FIN |
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HB 2211 |
RELATING TO DEFINITIONS FOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Repeals the definition of "day or days" under the State's workers' compensation law. |
LAB, CPC, FIN |
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HB 2310 |
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Adds a definition of "child or children" to conform to administrative interpretation and includes in the definition: children living with an employees' retirement system member in a regular parent-child relationship for whom the member is the guardian or has legal and physical custody pursuant to a valid court order. Allows former contributory plan members and returning nonvested contributory plan members whose employees' retirement system accumulated contribution balances are $1,000 or more to leave their contributions in the system until they reach age 62. |
LAB, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES AND COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 2371 |
MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII YOUTH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. Emergency appropriation ($1,320,000) to ensure that funding for the operations of the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility (HYCF) is maintained through the end of FY 2005-2006. |
HUS/JUD, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES AND COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
9:05 a.m. AGENDA:
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HB 2043 |
RELATING TO MEDICAID. Statutorily requires the Medicaid spend-down level to be equal to the current federal poverty level. |
HUS/HLT, FIN |
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HB 2097 |
RELATING TO CAREGIVERS. Provides a $1,000 refundable tax credit to taxpayer caregivers that care for qualified care recipients. |
HUS/HLT, FIN |
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HB 2361 |
RELATING TO PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION. Provides equal access when it comes to providing open, unrestricted access for Medicaid clients in need of psychotropic medications, regardless of whether they are in the Medicaid Fee-for-Service or Medicaid QUEST program. |
HUS/HLT, JUD, FIN |
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HB 2362 |
RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. Provides equal access when it comes to providing open, unrestricted access for patients who are medicaid recipients and who suffer from HIV, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or hepatitis C, or who are in need of immunosuppressives as a result of organ transplants, regardless of whether they are in the Medicaid Fee-For-service or the Medicaid QUEST programs. |
HUS/HLT, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
11:00 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 2375 |
MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES DIVISION. Emergency appropriation to continue the Developmental Disabilities Division's efforts to meet state approved target numbers under the current Medicaid Home & Community Based Service Waiver Program (HCBS Waiver Program), to reasonably admit individuals to fulfill obligations. |
HLT/HUS, FIN |
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HB 2377 |
MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES. Emergency appropriation ($3, 200, 928) FY 2006, for early intervention services for infants and children from birth to 3 years of age with developmental delay or at biological or environmental risk for developmental delay. |
HLT/HUS, FIN |
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HB 2378 |
RELATING TO THE HAWAII EARLY INTERVENTION COORDINATING COUNCIL. Revises the Hawaii Early Intervention Coordinating Council (HEICC) membership and duties to be consistent with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 requirements regarding the State interagency coordination council. |
HLT/HUS, FIN |
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HB 2154 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. Appropriates funds to the department of health to contract with providers of domiciliary homes and operators of developmental disabilities apartment complexes that provide residential services to persons with developmental disabilities. |
HLT/HUS, FIN |
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HB 2366 |
RELATING TO INCREASING CAPACITY FOR HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES. Makes the regulation of Community Care Family Foster Homes (CCFFH) and Home and Community-Based Case Management Agencies (HCCMA) an ongoing requirement. Increases the number of medicaid clients that a Community Care Family Foster Home (CCFFH) may be licensed to serve at any one time from 2 to 3 clients. Increases the number of clients that a Type I expanded adult residential care home may be licensed to serve at any one time from 5 to 6 clients. |
HLT/HUS, FIN |
Decision making to follow.