COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES AND COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
8:00 a.m. AGENDA:
HUS/HLT only:
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SB 3253 SD1 (SSCR2792) |
RELATING TO CAREGIVING. Establishes a joint legislative committee on family caregiving. (SD1) |
HUS/HLT, LMG, FIN |
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SB 2329 SD1 (SSCR2744) |
RELATING TO INCREASING CAPACITY FOR HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES. Mandates the ongoing regulation of community care family foster homes and home- and community-based case management agencies by repealing the sunset date. (SD1) |
HUS/HLT, FIN |
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SB 3003 SD2 (SSCR2785) |
RELATING TO THE STATE PHARMACY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. Extends income eligibility requirement for state pharmacy assistance program to per cent of the federal poverty level. Removes requirement for DHS to provide enrollment assistance. Requires DHS to pay for drugs not on the plan's formulary. (SD2) |
HUS/HLT, FIN |
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SB 3219 SD2 (SSCR2615) |
RELATING TO COMMUNITY PLACEMENT. Directs the departments of health and human services to maintain an inventory of all facilities licensed or certified under their jurisdiction and their vacancies to facilitate the placement of individuals in community-based facilities. (SD2) |
HUS/HLT, FIN |
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SB 3247 SD2 (SSCR2790) |
RELATING TO CARE HOMES. Increases state supplemental payments, to unspecified amounts, for type I and II ARCHs, adult foster homes, and developmental disabilities domiciliary homes, and adds developmental disabilities apartment complexes and community care foster family homes to providers receiving level of care payments. (SD2) |
HUS/HLT, FIN |
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SB 3254 SD2 (SSCR2597) |
RELATING TO HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES. Removes the sunset date for the licensing of home and community-based case management agencies and the certification of community care foster family homes. (SD2) |
HUS/HLT, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
8:10 a.m. AGENDA:
HUS only:
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SB 2161 SD2 (SSCR2605) |
RELATING TO FOSTER CHILDREN. Establishes a foster children's bill of rights. (SD2) |
HUS, JUD, FIN |
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SB 2162 SD2 (SSCR2622) |
RELATING TO FOSTER CHILDREN. Allows foster children to apply for a driver's license with the written consent of the Department of Human Services. Requires the child's biological parents to pay for vehicle insurance and provides for free insurance if the child's parents cannot pay. Allows higher education board allowances to be paid directly to former foster children. (SD2) |
HUS, CPC, FIN |
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SB 2323 SD2 (SSCR2774) |
RELATING TO FEDERAL REVENUE MAXIMIZATION IN THE JUDICIARY. Requires the district and family courts to establish a federal revenue maximization program for all services provided to children in their care that may be eligible for federal financial participation. (SD2) |
HUS, JUD, FIN |
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SB 2688 SD2 (SSCR2596) |
RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Requires implementation of policies and procedures, protocols, and a quality assurance program to ensure adequate youth correctional facility staff training. Provides for comprehensive assessments of all persons committed to youth correctional facilities. Revises duties and responsibilities of regional advisory boards. (SD2) |
HUS, JUD, FIN |
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SB 2861 SD2 (SSCR2784) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes the federal revenue maximization revolving fund to collect and disburse revenue for medicaid-eligible health services provided to public school children. (SD2) |
HUS, EDN, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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SB 2190 SD1 (SSCR2687) |
RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY. Provides temporary tax relief to employers by lowering the maximum taxable wage base for calendar year 2007. Increases unemployment benefits for eligible individuals. Excludes the payment of benefits to individuals terminated from employment for willful or wanton misconduct. (SD1) |
LAB, FIN |
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SB 3021 SD2 (SSCR2608) |
RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES. Prohibits an employer from discharging or otherwise punishing an employee for the lawful use of the employee's accrued and available sick leave. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) |
LAB, JUD, FIN |
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SB 3090 SD2 (SSCR2865) |
RELATING TO STANDARDIZED FORMS FOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. Requires the director of labor and industrial relations, with input from interested stakeholders in the workers' compensation system, to establish standardized forms for medical service providers to use when reporting on and billing for injuries compensable under the State's workers' compensation law. (SD2) |
LAB, CPC, FIN |
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SB 2640 SD1 (SSCR2855) |
RELATING TO VOLUNTARY EMPLOYEES' BENEFICIARY ASSOCIATION TRUSTS. Clarifies that VEBA trusts can be established by any employee organization for all state and county employees represented by that employee organization. (SD1) |
LAB, FIN |
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SB 54 SD2 (SSCR2842) |
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Allows an elective officer who attains the age of sixty-five to retire and receive a service retirement allowance while continuing to fill an elective position; provided that the elective officer has continuously served in the state legislature as an elective officer for at least twenty years immediately prior to retiring. (SD2) |
LAB, FIN |
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SB 2273 SD2 (SSCR2850) |
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 ERS 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 nonvested contributory plan members whose accumulated contributions are more than $1,000 to withdraw these funds upon their return to service. Allows noncontributory plan members hired or returning to service from 3/1/06 through 6/30/06 to elect to join the hybrid plan. (SD2) |
LAB, FIN |
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SB 2274 SD1 (SSCR2851) |
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Excludes from membership in the hybrid plan members of the employees' retirement system who received in-service refunds of pension contributions made under section 414(h)(2) of the IRC. Repeals the provision for hardship withdrawal of employees' retirement system contributions. (SD1) |
LAB, FIN |
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SB 3012 SD1 (SSCR2859) |
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Enables a member of the ERS who suffers from an incurable debilitating disease to qualify for ordinary disability retirement and to continue working until they are unable to continue working. (SD1) |
LAB, FIN |
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SB 2272 (SSCR2849) |
RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Permits the EUTF to require individuals who become eligible for Medicare Part B reimbursements on or after 7/01-06 to accept direct deposit of the reimbursements to an institution of their choice. |
LAB, FIN |
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SB 2021 SD2 (SSCR2847) |
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Allows a retiree who moves outside of the coverage of the EUTF to be reimbursed for the lesser of an amount equal to the amount of the personal health insurance policy or contributions for the most comparable EUTF plans for the retiree. (SD2) |
LAB, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, & OCEAN RESOURCES
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
9:00 a.m. AGENDA:
EEP/WLO only:
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SB 3168 SD1 |
RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF REAL PROPERTY. Allows each county to grant, sell, or otherwise dispose of easements for chilled water and seawater distribution systems for renewable energy seawater air conditioning district cooling systems by negotiation without public auction. (SD1) |
EEP/WLO, FIN |
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SB 3170 SD1 |
RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Clarifies definition of "renewable energy producer" to include thermal energy sold to customers of district cooling systems, for purposes of leasing public lands. (SD1) |
EEP/WLO, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
9:15 p.m. AGENDA:
EEP only:
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SB 2049 SD1 |
RELATING TO DERELICT VEHICLE. Amends the derelict vehicle law to delete from the criteria of derelict vehicle those vehicles that are ten years or older. (SD1) |
EEP, JUD, FIN |
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SB 2357 |
RELATING TO SECTION 13 OF ACT 380, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 1997. Removes the sunset date (07/01/07) on the use of new safe harbor agreements, habitat conservation plans, and incidental take licenses as recovery options for conserving and protecting the State's endangered species. |
EEP, JUD, FIN |
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SB 3182 |
RELATING TO GASOLINE. Requires a phased reduction of methyl tertiary-butyl ether in gasoline sold or imported in the State with levels no greater that .15 volume per cent by 1/1/09; eff. on approval. (SD1) |
EEP, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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SB 2679 SD1 Proposed HD1 (Copies available in Rm. 314) |
RELATING TO HAZARDOUS WASTE. Regulates the use of hazardous wastes in animal feed, fertilizers, soil amendments, agricultural minerals, and auxiliary soil and plant substances. Also requires the Department of Health to establish a labeling program that establishes more stringent standards than the Environmental Protection Agency and the Association of American Plant Food Control Officials, and limits imports of waste-derived products to those that meet the more stringent standards (HD1). |
EEP, JUD, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON TOURISM & CULTURE AND COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & BUSINESS CONCERNS
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
9:30 a.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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SB 2667 SD2 (SSCR2572) |
RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Clarifies fireworks terminology to be consistent with federal law; repeals and amends definitions. (SD2) |
TAC, JUD |
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SB 2213 SD2 (SSCR2616) |
RELATING TO TORT ACTIONS. Makes effective minor's waiver of liability for injuries from use of motorsports facilities; provides qualified immunity to a public entity and public employees from injuries from such use. (SD2) |
TAC, JUD |
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SB 2974 SD1 (SSCR2739) |
RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY. Repeals part I of Act 58, SLH 2004, granting HTA authority to hire an attorney for specialized services, supervise its own accounts, appoint a sports coordinator, and expend up to 5% of special fund moneys for administration, effective 6/30/11. (SD1) |
TAC, JUD, FIN |
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SB 3114 SD2 (SSCR2740) |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE COMMUNITY WORK DAY PROGRAM. Makes an appropriation from the Hawaii tourism authority and the deposit beverage container deposit special fund for the community work day program. (SD2) |
TAC, FIN |
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SB 2570 SD2 (SSCR2707) |
RELATING TO DIGITAL MEDIA. Temporarily replaces the motion picture and film production tax credit with the motion picture, digital media, and film production tax credit which provides an income tax credit amounting to 15% of qualified production costs incurred, in any county of Hawaii with a population over 700,000, and 20% in any county of Hawaii with a population under 700,000; establishes criteria to qualify for the tax credit; caps credit at $8,000,000 per production. (SD2) |
TAC, FIN |
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SB 2454 SD1 (SSCR2682) |
RELATING TO OUT-OF-STATE SALES OF TIME SHARE INTERESTS. Provides that chapter 514E, relating to time shares, does not apply to a sale outside the United States of an interest in a time share unit in Hawaii if the unit is part of a time share plan that was previously registered in Hawaii. (SD1) |
TAC, CPC |
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SB 2057 SD2 (SSCR2698) |
RELATING TO TIME SHARE ZONING. Authorizes certain counties to restrict time share units and time share plans in zoning districts, if the county establishes a time share zoning district. Effective 7/1/2020. (SD2) |
TAC/EDB, WLO, FIN |
Decision making to follow.