COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE AND COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Wednesday, April 5, 2006

2:00 p.m.

Conference Room 325; State Capitol

AGENDA:

SB 173

SD2

(SSCR2685)

RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.

Requires a purchaser of a health club to assume the liabilities of the previous owner of the health club to ensure that a customer's health club contract is honored by the purchaser. (Effective 7/1/50) (SD2)

CPC/JUD

SB 2299

(SSCR2657)

RELATING TO INVESTIGATIVE ACCESS FOR UNLICENSED ACTIVITY.

Allows the investigators of DCCA access to the commercial, public, or residential premises of any business or work site to investigate unlicensed activity.

CPC/JUD

Decision making to follow.

 

COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE

Wednesday, April 5, 2006

2:01 p.m.

Conference Room 325; State Capitol

AGENDA:

Reconsideration of prior decision making (heard on April 3, 2006):

SB 2913

SD1

(SSCR2681)

RELATING TO CONTRACTORS.

Clarifying extent to which an electrical or plumbing contractor must hire licensed electrical and plumbing workers on a construction job site. (SD1)

CPC

 

COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE

Wednesday, April 5, 2006

2:05 p.m.

Conference Room 325; State Capitol

AGENDA:

HCR 85

(HSCR1300-06)

URGING THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER TO INVESTIGATE METHODS OF EXPANDING ACCESS TO QUALITY END-OF-LIFE, PALLIATIVE CARE.

HLT, CPC

HCR 123

(HSCR1302-06)

HR 90

URGING THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF STATE BOARDS OF NURSING TO CONDUCT THE NATIONAL COUNCIL LICENSURE EXAMINATION IN THE CITY OF MANILA IN THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES.

HLT, CPC

Decision making only:

HCR 310

Proposed HD1 available in Room 320

REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A SUNRISE REVIEW OF THE CERTIFICATION OF NURSE AIDES WHO WORK IN SETTINGS OTHER THAN MEDICARE- OR MEDICAID-CERTIFIED NURSING FACILITIES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS TO RESCIND ITS DECISION TO END CERTIFICATION OF THESE NURSE AIDES.

CPC

Decision making to follow.

 

SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND MILITARY AFFAIRS AND HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Wednesday, April 5, 2006

3:00 p.m.

Conference Room 309; State Capitol

AGENDA:

The purpose of this briefing is to request the Department of Education and the Achieve, Inc. to report on the results of a review and analysis of the rigor of the grade 10 reading and mathematics tests on the Hawaii State Assessment. Achieve, Inc. is a bipartisan, nonprofit organization that helps states raise academic standards, improve assessments and strengthen accountability to prepare all young people for postsecondary education and work.

COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

Thursday, April 06, 2006

9:00 a.m.

Conference Room 325; State Capitol

AGENDA:

HCR 160 / HR 120

URGING THE PRESIDENT AND THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES TO SUPPORT H.R. NO. 3486 TO CONTROL THE INTRODUCTION AND SPREAD OF INVASIVE SPECIES AND DISEASES IN HAWAII.

EEP / AGR

Decision making to follow.

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Thursday, April 6, 2006

9:15 a.m.

Conference Room 325; State Capitol

AGENDA:

SB 3076

SD1

(SSCR2599)

RELATING TO COQUI FROGS.

Designates "coqui frogs" as a pest subject to control or eradication by the department of agriculture. (SD1)

AGR/EEP

HCR 255 / HR 195

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO ESTABLISH AN AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDE DISPOSAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

AGR/EEP

HCR 280 / HR 216

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO STUDY THE IMPACT OF WASTE-DERIVED FERTILIZERS, ANIMAL FEED, SOIL AMENDMENTS, AGRICULTURAL MINERALS, AUXILIARY SOIL, AND PLANT SUBSTANCES ON THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF CONSUMERS, FARMERS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

AGR/EEP

Decision making to follow.

 

 

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Thursday, April 6, 2006

9:00 a.m.

Conference Room 329; State Capitol

AGENDA:

HCR 69 / HR 53

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE A STATEWIDE SUICIDE EARLY INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION PROGRAM.

HLT

SCR 15

SD1

SUPPORTING THE GOAL OF ELIMINATING SUFFERING AND DEATH FROM CANCER BY THE YEAR 2015.

HLT

HCR 122 / HR 89

URGING HAWAII'S COUNTY, STATE, AND FEDERAL LEVEL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN CREATING "HEART HEALTHY COMMUNITIES".

HLT

HCR 126

SUPPORTING THE UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION'S NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO RAISE AWARENESS AND INFORM WOMEN ABOUT MENOPAUSAL HORMONE THERAPY AND DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER AS MENOPAUSE AWARENESS MONTH IN HAWAII.

HLT

HCR 106

URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON PREVENTING AN AVIAN INFLUENZA PANDEMIC BY NEUTRALIZING THE FERAL CHICKEN POPULATION OF HAWAII.

HLT

HCR 36

REQUESTING THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH TO CONDUCT A PREVENTION AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGN ON THE INCREASING INCIDENCE OF BEDBUGS.

 

HLT

 

Decision making only (heard March 30, 2006):

HCR 113

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO EVALUATE AND RECOMMEND POSSIBLE STATUTORY AND PUBLIC POLICY CHANGES TO DECREASE THE CENSUS AT HAWAII STATE HOSPITAL AND ENHANCE COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH SERVICES FOR FORENSIC PATIENTS.

HLT

Decision making to follow.

 

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY & MILITARY AFFAIRS

Thursday, April 6, 2006

11:00 a.m.

Conference Room 309; State Capitol

AGENDA:

HCR 130 / HR 95

Copies of the Proposed HD1 are available in Room 420.

Proposed HD1:

REQUESTING THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO CONDUCT A SECURITY AUDIT OF THE HAWAII YOUTH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.

 

 

PSM

Decision making to follow.