COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

2:00 p.m.

Conference Room 325; State Capitol

AGENDA:

HB 318 (HSCR105)	RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES. Establishes a three-year administrative rules review pilot program that requires the department of commerce and consumer affairs to examine its rules, and to identify and repeal obsolete, cumbersome, unnecessary, or overly restrictive rules.	EDB, CPC
HB 1307 HD1 (HSCR340)	RELATING TO BUSINESS REGISTRATION. Clarifies the business registration requirements for foreign nonprofit corporations and foreign limited liability companies.  Effective date is 2034.	EDB, CPC
HB 936 HD1 (HSCR447)	RELATING TO GIFT CERTIFICATES. Prohibits a gift certificate issuer from charging service fees for dormancy or inactivity within 24 months after date of issuance of the certificate.  Requires disclosure of fees on electronic card or certificate.	EDB, CPC
HB 573 HD1 (HSCR397)	RELATING TO DISASTER WARNINGS. Requires cellular telephone service providers to text message their customers in the event of a disaster.  Requires cellular telephone service providers biannually to conduct a test of this service in conjunction with testing by the department of defense.	PSM, CPC
HB 158 (HSCR237)	RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Clarifies the period of time for safety inspection of motor carrier vehicles.	TRN, CPC
HB 1628 (HSCR375)	RELATING TO HAWAII MACADAMIA NUT PRODUCT LABELING. Requires products with labels representing that a portion of the macadamia nuts in the package were grown in Hawaii, to specify the percentage of Hawaiian-grown macadamia nuts.  Prohibits labeling that incorrectly represents that any of the macadamia nuts contained in the package were grown in Hawaii.	AGR, CPC
HB 1121 HD1 (HSCR429)	RELATING TO WATER RATES FOR AGRICULTURAL USES. Directs the public utilities commission to require private entities that furnish water used for agricultural purposes in an area zoned for agricultural use to establish a water rate structure for qualified agricultural water users by January 1, 2008.	AGR/WLH, CPC
HB 1595 HD1 (HSCR474)	RELATING TO PETROLEUM PRICE GOUGING. Prohibits the sale of any petroleum product for an unconscionably excessive price during any abnormal disruptions of the market as an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the conduct of any trade or commerce under section 480-2. HD1	EEP, CPC
HB 1577 HD1 (HSCR99)	RELATING TO GENETICALLY MODIFIED COFFEE. Temporarily prohibits the growing of genetically modified coffee.  Allows research on genetically modified coffee in environmentally secure facilities.	EEP, CPC

Decision making to follow.

Decision making only:

HB 96

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. Provides a short form vehicle relating to government.

CPC

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES & HOUSING

Thursday, February 22, 2007

8:45 a.m.

Conference Room 329; State Capitol

AGENDA:

HB 850	RELATING TO HOUSING. Extends the "buy-back" restriction on the sale of state housing development dwelling units from ten to fifteen years.	HSH
HB 1188	RELATING TO THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Requires the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation to increase the affordability of housing.	HSH
HB 1264	RELATING TO HOUSING. Exempts certain lessees from the ten-year buyback and shared appreciation equity restrictions.	HSH

Decision making to follow.

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES & HOUSING AND COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Thursday, February 22, 2007

9:00 a.m.

Conference Room 329; State Capitol

AGENDA:

HCR 25/ HR 13	URGING THE CHILDCARE AND ELDERCARE COMMUNITIES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES OF GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN BY SUPPORTING POLICIES AND SERVICES THAT ARE CONDUCIVE TO THAT FAMILIAL RELATIONSHIP.	HSH/HLT
HCR 27	REQUESTING EACH COUNTY TO EXAMINE ITS CURRENT ZONING LAWS, BUILDING CODES, AND SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS AND ELIMINATE ENCUMBRANCES TO FAMILY CAREGIVING AND AGING IN PLACE.	HSH/HLT
HCR 11/ HR 11	URGING THE HAWAII STATE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR TO RESPECT CHILDREN'S RIGHTS WHEN ENACTING LEGISLATION RELATED TO CHILDREN.	HSH, LMG
HCR 16	REQUESTING THE COMMITTEES ON HUMAN SERVICES OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE DURING THE INTERIM TO FURTHER STUDY AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING FAMILY COURT CUSTODY EVALUATOR ISSUES.	HSH, JUD, FIN
HCR 20	REQUESTING THE COMMITTEES ON HUMAN SERVICES OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO CONVENE ONE OR MORE TASK FORCES DURING THE INTERIM TO FURTHER STUDY AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING ISSUES IDENTIFIED BY THE FAMILY COURT MODELS COMMITTEE.	HSH, JUD, FIN
HCR 22	REQUESTING THE COMMITTEES ON HUMAN SERVICES AND THE COMMITTEES ON JUDICIARY OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO RECONVENE THE SCR 52 TASK FORCE TO FURTHER STUDY RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE SCR 52 TASK FORCE COMMITTEES.	HSH, JUD, FIN

Decision making to follow.

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Conference Room 308; State Capitol

10:00 a.m. AGENDA:

HB 357 HD1 (HSCR241)	RELATING TO TRAFFIC SAFETY. Establishes a pilot project to test crosswalk safety enhancements and programs in the city and county of Honolulu.	TRN, FIN
HB 806 HD1 (HSCR242)	RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. Appropriates funds to the department of transportation for a joint state and county effort to conduct a pilot study to identify state and county intersections where the time to cross the intersection is insufficient for elderly pedestrians and determine impacts on current traffic volume.	TRN, FIN
HB 351 HD1 (HSCR430)	RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Establishes the photo red light imaging detector system program.  Authorizes counties to implement the program.	TRN, JUD, FIN
HB 497 HD1 (HSCR243)	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Earmarks 2% of federally eligible moneys from the state highway fund for bikeways.	TRN, FIN
HB 1549 HD2 (HSCR701)	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION. Establishes a multidisciplinary accident investigation team in the police department of each county for the purpose of investigating major accidents on major roadways in a manner designed to minimize lane and roadway closures during the investigation.	TRN, PSM, FIN
HB 155 (HSCR468)	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. Requires the Department of Transportation, to the extend practicable, to comply with county outdoor lighting ordinances that are more stringent than other laws and regulations at airports, harbors, and highways.	TRN, FIN
HB 277 (HSCR594)	RELATING TO FEES FOR WINDSHIELD PLACARDS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. Requires the counties to deposit all fees for temporary and replacement disabled parking placards into the general fund.	TRN, FIN
HB 657 (HSCR88)	RELATING TO WAIVER OF ABANDONED VEHICLE PUBLIC AUCTION REQUIREMENTS. Allows the waiver of public auction of a towed vehicle that has not been claimed and the vehicle is missing major components or is so materially damaged as to render the vehicle inoperable and the registration period has expired for the vehicle.	TRN, FIN
HB 1718 HD2 (HSCR522)	RELATING TO CRUISELINE INDUSTRY. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, in conjunction with certain other agencies, to prepare and submit to the legislature a cost/benefit analysis on the cruiseline industry in Hawaii.	TRN, TAC, FIN
HB 1414 (HSCR300)	MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION COUNTY SURCHARGE IMPLEMENTATION COSTS. Authorizes an emergency appropriation ($4,500,000) for the costs incurred in administering the county surcharge on state general excise tax.	TRN, FIN
HB 30 HD1 (HSCR382)	RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS. Requires legislative consent to bind the State to international trade agreements.  Establishes a join legislative committee to consider international trade agreements when the Legislature is not in session.	INT/EDB, FIN
HB 31 HD1 (HSCR588)	RELATING TO PUBLIC PROCUREMENT. Prohibits state officials from binding the State to government procurement rules of an international trade agreement without legislative action.	INT/EDB, FIN
HB 1547 HD2 (HSCR589)	RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. Expands the Office of International Affairs.  Establishes a legislative protocol fund.  Brings the Second  International Symposium on Freeways and Tollways to Hawaii in 2009.	INT, FIN

Decision making to follow.

11:00 a.m. AGENDA:

HB 1572	MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Appropriates funds to pay for salary increases and collective bargaining cost items for employees in unit 1, and for officers and employees excluded from collective bargaining.	FIN
HB 1565	MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Appropriates funds to pay for collective bargaining cost items relating to contributions to the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund for state employees in unit 1, and for officers and employees excluded from collective bargaining.	FIN
HB 1573	MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SALARY INCREASES FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. Appropriates funds to pay for salary increases and collective bargaining cost items for employees in units 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 13, and for officers and employees excluded from collective bargaining.	FIN
HB 1566	MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Appropriates funds to pay for collective bargaining cost items relating to contributions to the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund for state employees in units 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 13, and for officers and employees excluded from collective bargaining.	FIN
HB 1568	MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Appropriates funds to pay for salary increases and collective bargaining cost items for employees in unit 5, and for officers and employees excluded from collective bargaining.	FIN
HB 1563	MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Appropriates funds to pay for collective bargaining cost items relating to contributions to the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund for state employees in unit 5, and for officers and employees of the department of education excluded from collective bargaining.	FIN
HB 1569	MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Appropriates funds to pay for salary increases and collective bargaining cost items for employees in unit 10, and for officers and employees excluded from collective bargaining.	FIN
HB 1564	MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Appropriates funds to pay for collective bargaining cost items relating to contributions to the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund for state employees in unit 10, and for officers and employees excluded from collective bargaining.	FIN
HB 1570	MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Appropriates funds to pay for salary increases and collective bargaining cost items including contributions to the Hawaii employer-union health for employees in unit 11, and for officers and employees excluded from collective bargaining.	FIN
HB 1567	RELATING TO STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES EXCLUDED FROM COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS AND OTHER ADJUSTMENTS. Appropriates funds for salary increases and makes other cost adjustments for state officers and employees who are excluded from collective bargaining.	FIN

Decision making to follow.

11:30 a.m. AGENDA:

HB 1345 HD1 (HSCR401)	MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR NATURAL DISASTERS. Makes emergency appropriations to DOD for FY 2006-2007.	PSM, FIN
HB 424 HD1 (HSCR695)	RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. Appropriates funds for disaster preparedness initiatives.	PSM, FIN
HB 1092 HD1 (HSCR404)	RELATING TO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. Appropriates funds to the Department of Transportation to purchase back-up generators to ensure continuous electrical power at state airports and commercial harbors.	PSM/TRN, FIN
HB 625 HD1 (HSCR674)	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Appropriates funds to plan a Hawaii state public safety and emergency response training facility.	PSM, FIN
HB 1140 HD1 (HSCR402)	RELATING TO THE STATE FIRE COUNCIL. Creates positions to enable the state fire council to meet its responsibilities more effectively.	PSM/LAB, FIN
HB 619 HD1 (HSCR456)	RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF VETERANS' SERVICES. Establishes a permanent clerk typist II position in the office of veterans' services on Oahu.  Appropriates $33,230 in FY 2007-2008 and FY 2008-2009 for the clerk typist II position.  Appropriates $8,000 in FY 2007-2008 and FY 2008-2009 for travel expenses of the traveling counselor.  Effective July 1, 2015.	PSM, FIN
HB 620 HD1 (HSCR165)	RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE. Allows an employee to use family leave during any calendar year to provide family care and support during the military deployment of the employee's child, spouse or reciprocal beneficiary, or parent.  Requires an employee to provide proof of military deployment.  Defines military deployment.	PSM/LAB, FIN
HB 831 HD1 (HSCR675)	RELATING TO VETERAN BURIAL GRANTS. Requires the office of veterans' services, at the request of a survivor or interested party of a deceased Filipino veteran who joined the New Filipino Scouts between October 6, 1945, and June 30, 1947, to make payment directly to a mortuary or crematory for funeral and burial services, and to transport the veteran's remains to the Philippines upon submission of an itemized unpaid invoice.	PSM, FIN
HB 1063 (HSCR453)	RELATING TO THE HAWAII NATIONAL GUARD. Allows national guard personnel on state active duty to deposit their paycheck by electronic transfer to their personal banking accounts.	PSM, FIN
HB 1065 HD1 (HSCR400)	RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS. Appropriates funds for the maintenance of state veterans cemeteries statewide, including the purchase of casket liners to help remedy the soil problems at the cemeteries.	PSM, FIN

Decision making to follow.

1:00 p.m. AGENDA:

HB 3 HD1 (HSCR149)	RELATING TO PRISONS. Requires the Department of Public Safety to conduct a study to determine the best possible sites in the state for a new minimum-security prison facility by December 15, 2007.  Requires that a report be made to the Legislature by January 1, 2008.	PSM, FIN
HB 5 (HSCR34)	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Appropriates funds for the expansion of the restorative circles pilot program to other correctional facilities statewide.	PSM, FIN
HB 920 HD1 (HSCR698)	RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Appropriates funds to the department of public safety to provide a cognitive restructuring and transition program in the county of Hawaii.	PSM, FIN
HB 457 HD1 (HSCR696)	RELATING TO INCARCERATED PARENTS. Appropriates funds for the expansion of parent-child interaction programs such as the Strengthening Keiki of Incarcerated Parents project (SKIP) at state correctional facilities.	PSM, FIN
HB 1399 (HSCR198)	RELATING TO INCARCERATED PERSONS. Clarifies that participation in work, education, and vocational training programs while incarcerated is exempt from statutory employee benefits.	PSM/LAB, FIN
HB 1400 (HSCR694)	RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES. Allows State-employed adult corrections officers to purchase uniforms and uniform accessories from Correctional Industries	PSM, FIN
HB 1402 HD1 (HSCR700)	RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES. Deletes statutory hiring limitations.	PSM, FIN
HB 1403 HD1 (HSCR157)	RELATING TO THE HAWAII PAROLING AUTHORITY. Increases the level of service of two members of the Hawaii Paroling Authority from part-time to full-time.	PSM/LAB, FIN
HB 1440 HD2 (HSCR498)	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Clarifies that the Office of Ombudsman has the authority to investigate contractual acts of facilities with which the Department of Public Safety has contracted to hold individuals committed to the custody of the Director of Public Safety.	PSM, LMG, FIN
HB 1672 (HSCR640)	RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE SERVICE AGENCIES. Increases salaries of deputies and first assistants of legislative service agencies from not more than 87% to 92% of the salary of each agency's director.	LMG, LAB, FIN
HB 750 (HSCR84)	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, FIN

Decision making to follow.

2:00 p.m. AGENDA:

HB 453 (HSCR411)	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE STATE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN. Appropriates moneys for the Hawaii state commission on the status of women for programming, travel, and office expenses.	HSH, FIN
HB 1907 (HSCR423)	RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS THAT PROVIDE HEALTH CARE FACILITIES. Authorizes issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for 15 Craigside, a continuing care retirement community, in Nuuanu.	HSH, FIN
HB 1043 HD1 (HSCR416)	RELATING TO CHILDREN. Establishes a task force to coordinate resources for homeless children.  Establishes and appropriates funds to the Kokua Na Keiki Special Fund.  Sunsets on June 30, 2010.	HSH, FIN
HB 1356 HD1 (HSCR115)	RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION BOARD ALLOWANCE FOR FORMER FOSTER YOUTH. Increases the time limit for application for a higher education board allowance.  Increases the maximum age for the benefit from 21 years to 26 years with a maximum benefit length of 60 months.	HSH, FIN
HB 473 HD1 (HSCR533)	RELATING TO TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES. Appropriates funds to the Bridge to Hope Program to accommodate new federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program recipient-students to enable them to pursue education activities beyond the new two-year federal limit.  Makes other clarifying amendments.	HSH, FIN
HB 456 (HSCR412)	RELATING TO MEDICAID. Requires department of human services to directly reimburse sellers of over-the-counter Plan B emergency contraception to women who are recipients of medicaid, without incurring expenses for recipients, who purchase such medication.	HSH, FIN
HB 104 HD1 (HSCR532)	RELATING TO HEALTH. Amends Medicaid fee schedule law to require an annual adjustment for inflation.  Appropriates funds to retroactively adjust for inflation, payments made to fee-for-service providers for fiscal biennium 2005-2007.  Changes Medicaid fee schedule to 100 percent of the 2006 Medicare fee schedule.	HSH/HLT, FIN

Decision making to follow.

3:00 p.m. AGENDA:

HB 1001 HD1 (HSCR702)	RELATING TO HOUSING. Creates an affordable housing pilot project to be implemented by the counties.  Transfers the project to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, if the counties do not accept it.	HSH, FIN
HB 1095 (HSCR629)	RELATING TO HOUSING. Clarifies counties' powers with respect to low and moderate income housing projects and use of revenue bonds to finance such projects.	HSH, FIN
HB 906 (HSCR575)	RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Creates an affordable housing inventory advisory commission to identify, maintain, and report to the legislature on estimates of the existing and potential supply of all categories of affordable housing and the existing and potential demand for affordable housing in the State.  Requires the commission to make recommendations to relevant state or county agencies to encourage affordable housing opportunities in the State.	HSH, FIN
HB 1076 (HSCR660)	RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Creates the affordable housing inventory protection board.	HSH, FIN
HB 928 (HSCR29)	RELATING TO SOCIAL SERVICES. Appropriates funds to expand two federal low-income homeownership programs; exempts certain escrow accounts from the asset test for public assistance.	HSH, FIN
HB 1007 (HSCR367)	RELATING TO FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall not consider moneys in Escrow Accounts established under the federal Housing and Urban Development Family Self-Sufficiency Program when determining eligibility for assistance or other benefits under Chapter 346, Hawaii Revised Statutes.	HSH, FIN
HB 835 HD1 (HSCR335)	RELATING TO HOUSING. Establishes a program for low-interest loans and grants for home acquisition and rehabilitation for displaced or affected pineapple plantation workers.  Establishes a rental assistance program for displaced or affected workers.  Provides supportive services to prepare displaced or affected workers for homeownership.	HSH, FIN

Decision making to follow.

4:00 p.m. AGENDA:

HB 1361 (HSCR576)	RELATING TO HOUSING. Corrects chapter 356D, relating to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority, to reflect the Legislature's intent to codify various acts into this chapter, and to make other necessary technical and housekeeping amendments.	HSH, FIN
HB 150 HD1 (HSCR633)	RELATING TO HOUSING. Increases the share of the conveyance tax dedicated to the Rental Housing Trust Fund to 65 percent.  Appropriates funds to repair and renovate state public housing, provide outreach and support services to the homeless, operate emergency and transitional shelters, and for Shelter Plus Care grants.	HSH, WLH, FIN
HB 1364 HD1 (HSCR534)	RELATING TO THE STATE RENT SUPPLEMENT PROGRAM. Broadens participation in the State Rent Supplement Program by removing the statutory limitation on the subsidy amount (currently $160 per month) and increasing the income limits for participation to up to 70 percent of area median income.  Requires the wait list for the program to include certain individuals.	HSH, FIN
HB 1844 (HSCR118)	RELATING TO LAND ACQUISITION. Appropriates unspecified amount to acquire Kulana Nani apartments from Kamehameha Schools by eminent domain should negotiations be unsuccessful.	HSH, FIN
HB 667 (HSCR259)	RELATING TO KUKUI GARDENS RENTAL HOUSING COMPLEX. Appropriates funds to finance eminent domain proceedings to acquire the Kukui Gardens rental housing complex.	HSH, FIN
HB 1002 HD1 (HSCR577)	RELATING TO INCOME TAX. Assesses a graduated anti-speculation tax on the capital gains realized on real property held from less than 6 months and up to 24 months before sold.  Deposits realizations to Rental Housing Trust Fund.	HSH, FIN
HB 1283 HD1 (HSCR262)	RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Allows the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA) to sell a fee simple interest in reserved housing units.  Permanently allows HCDA to repurchase property.	HSH, FIN
HB 10 (HSCR515)	RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. Makes rebate agreements between drug manufacturers and department of human services mandatory.  Requires the department to inform health care providers about drug costs for manufacturers with rebate agreements and those without rebate agreements.	HSH/HLT, CPC, FIN
HB 1044 HD1 (HSCR365)	RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. Provides equal access to immunosuppressant medication for Medicaid patients with HIV, AIDS, or Hepatitis C, or who require immunosuppressives due to organ transplants, regardless of whether they are in the Medicaid fee for service or QUEST programs.  Requires economic impact assessment.  Sunsets July 1, 2013.	HSH/HLT, FIN
HB 426 HD1 (HSCR337)	RELATING TO PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION. Allows Advanced Practice Registered Nurses entering into collegial relationships with a psychiatrist or physician to prescribe the psychotropic medication covered under public assistance programs.	HSH/HLT, FIN

Decision making to follow.

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Thursday, February 22, 2007

2:00 p.m.

Conference Room 325; State Capitol

AGENDA:

HB 248 (HSCR451)	RELATING TO FIREARMS. Permits owner of a pistol to use any ammunition magazine authorized for use with the pistol by the manufacturer of the pistol.  Repeals the prohibition on magazines with a capacity in excess of ten rounds.	PSM, JUD
HB 624 HD1 (HSCR673)	RELATING TO PAROLE. Authorizes the Hawaii paroling authority to parole committed persons to any county in the state where they will receive the greatest support to successfully reintegrate into the community.  (HB624 HD1)	PSM, JUD
HB 1328 HD1 (HSCR191)	RELATING TO SENTENCING OF REPEAT OFFENDERS. Includes felony insurance fraud in motor vehicle insurance, private health insurance, mutual benefit health insurance, health maintenance organization health insurance, and worker's compensation insurance lines as felonies that can increase the sentences of repeat offenders.  (HB1328 HD1)	CPC, JUD
HB 1260 (HSCR649)	RELATING TO SENTENCING. Restores a statutory provision which allows presentence mental or medical examinations of defendants for purposes of sentencing.	HLT, JUD
HB 1548 (HSCR692)	RELATING TO DRUG TREATMENT. Authorizes placement of certain offenders in secure drug treatment programs.	PSM, JUD
HB 1721 (HSCR405)	RELATING TO VIOLENCE AGAINST EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL. Adds violence or the threat of violence against emergency medical services personnel to the offenses of assault in the second degree and terroristic threatening in the first degree.	HLT, JUD
HB 1306 HD1 (HSCR512)	RELATING TO ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR SECURITIES VIOLATIONS COMMITTED AGAINST ELDERS. Adds enhanced civil and administrative penalties for securities violations committed against elders. (HB1306 HD1)	CPC, JUD
HB 1843 HD1 (HSCR557)	RELATING TO LANDOWNER LIABILITY. Removes liability of public and private landowners of unimproved land if damages occurred because of any land failure caused by a natural condition.	WLH, JUD
HB 1258 (HSCR309)	RELATING TO ACTIONS FOR FALSE CLAIMS TO THE STATE. Provides a cause of action for private persons who suffer retribution from employers for whistleblower activities related to the state false claims act.	LAB, JUD
HB 894	RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVERS' LICENSES. Allows drivers 18 years of age or older to qualify for a commercial driver's license for intrastate commerce.	TRN, JUD
HB 156 HD1 (HSCR466)	RELATING TO THE USE OF MOBILE PHONES WHILE DRIVING. Prohibits the use of a mobile telephone while driving unless equipped with a hands-free accessory and being used in the hands-free mode.  Exempts mobile radios. Prohibits transit drivers from using cellular phones whenever their vehicle is in motion.  (HB156 HD1)	TRN, JUD
HB 160 (HSCR238)	RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE LICENSE REVOCATION. Permits driver whose license has been administratively revoked for life to seek reinstatement of the license after 10 years have passed since the lifetime revocation.  Requires driver to have had no arrests or convictions for driving while license revoked and be free from dependency or abuse of alcohol and drugs.	TRN, JUD
HB 528	RELATING TO MINORS. Allows a minor who is not under the care, supervision, or control of a parent, custodian, or legal guardian to consent to the provision of primary medical care and services.	HSH/HLT, JUD
HB 1215 HD1 (HSCR467)	RELATING TO TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS. Expands scope of traffic infractions law to include infractions committed by minors.  Permits concurrent trials and clarifies requirements.  Clarifies citation form requirements.  Authorizes use of electronic citations. Clarifies that lessee of a U-Drive vehicle is responsible for traffic citations.  (HB1215 HD1)	TRN, JUD
HB 154 (HSCR52)	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY. Redefines highly intoxicated driver.  Establishes evidence and sentencing parameters for highly intoxicated drivers.  Establishes minimum and maximum administrative license revocation periods for highly intoxicated drivers.	TRN, JUD
HB 1058 HD1 (HSCR103)	RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR. Prohibits persons from using a false ID to enter premises that exclude persons under age 18 or 21.  For counties having a population of under 500,000 residents, establishes fines as an alternative to license suspension for persons under age 21 who consume or possess liquor or use a false ID.  (HB1058 HD1)	EDB, JUD
HB 1057 (HSCR101)	RELATING TO TOBACCO. Makes it unlawful for minors (persons under age 18) to possess or use tobacco products.  Exempts minors when lawfully delivering tobacco products or participating in a law enforcement activity.  Subjects violator of a subsequent offense to possible, rather than mandatory, community service.	EDB, JUD
HB 1800	RELATING TO SMOKING. Authorizes a new class of dispenser's license under the liquor code which has the off-premises catering privileges of a restaurant license, permits smoking, and is exempt from smoking prohibitions.	HLT, EDB, JUD
HB 1864 HD1 (HSCR473)	RELATING TO LIABILITY FOR COQUI FROG ERADICATION EFFORTS. Provides limited immunity from liability to governmental agencies and to private entities engaged in coqui frog eradication efforts for injuries sustained by volunteers.	EEP, JUD
Decision making to follow.
Decision making only:
HB 1394	RELATING TO GOVERNMENT BOARDS. Allows any number of members of a board to discuss outside of a meeting the selection of the board's officers or assignment of members to the board's committees.	JUD

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Friday, February 23, 2007

Conference Room 308; State Capitol

10:00 a.m. AGENDA:

HB 1528 HD1 (HSCR25)	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Changes the appropriation of funds for the B Plus scholarship Program for fiscal years 2007-2008 and 2008-2009.  Changes the Program's eligibility criteria.	HED, FIN
HB 767 HD1 (HSCR70)	RELATING TO THE RUNNING START PROGRAM FOR COLLEGE PREPARATION. Requires the department of education to provide students who participate in the running start program with guidance to earn credit toward high school graduation for the satisfactory completion of certain University of Hawaii courses.  Increases financial support for families of these students by appropriating funds.	HED/EDN, FIN
HB 1786	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds for the coordination and administration of the University of Hawaii's bridge to hope program.	FIN
HB 1529 HD1 (HSCR108)	RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Establishes the Senator Hiram L. Fong and Senator Oren E. Long Scholarship Programs and Endowment Trusts, which are to be administered by the University of Hawaii.	HED, FIN
HB 777 HD1 (HSCR183)	RELATING TO THE HAWAII EDUCATOR LOAN PROGRAM. Appropriates funds for student loans under the Hawaii educator loan program special fund.	HED, FIN
HB 1530 (HSCR91)	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Creates an educational assistant loan program and special fund in the University of Hawaii.  Creates another special fund for certain loans to teachers and educational assistants to be forgiven after employment at rural public schools for a specified number of years as determined by the department of education	HED/EDN, FIN
HB 1014 HD1 (HSCR354)	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Changes the membership and reporting schedule of the performance standards commission.  Provides for alternative assessments, including those based on the academic growth of students.  Clarifies the dual purposes of the Hawaii Educator Loan Program.  Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Educational Policy Center.  Appropriates funds for various programs to increase the capacity of the University of Hawaii (UH) College of Education to educate qualified teachers; meet federal requirements for institutional support of disability studies; and expand teacher professional development and mentoring.  Appropriates funds for the Office of School Redesign.	HED/EDN, FIN
HB 1531 HD1 (HSCR537)	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Makes appropriations to University of Hawaii campuses to implement nursing education workforce development.	HED, FIN
HB 428 HD1 (HSCR529)	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Increases the educational capital of the state by appropriating funds to the Center on the Family at the University of Hawaii.	HED, FIN
HB 136 HD1 (HSCR484)	RELATING TO AIDS RESEARCH. Appropriates funds for the Hawaii AIDS clinical research program.	HED, FIN
HB 194 (HSCR570)	RELATING TO THE NATURAL ENERGY LABORATORY OF HAWAII AUTHORITY. Authorizes natural energy laboratory of Hawaii authority to acquire, hold, and sell qualified securities.	HED, EEP, FIN

Decision making to follow.

11:00 a.m. AGENDA:

HB 14 (HSCR40)	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Repeals provisions that transfer functions from the department of budget and finance to the department of education as specified in the Reinventing Education Act of 2004.	EDN, FIN
HB 16 HD1 (HSCR637)	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Repeals the school health services program within the Department of Health.  Repeals the transfer of public health nurses from the Department of Health to the Department of Education.  Establishes a school health services program within the Department of Education.	EDN/HLT, LAB, FIN
HB 17 (HSCR15)	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the department of education's committee on weights to meet every odd numbered year rather than every year.	EDN, FIN
HB 20 (HSCR17)	RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Repeals section 302A-1115 because it is no longer required based on the implementation of the Reinventing Education Act of 2004 (Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004).	EDN/LAB, FIN
HB 22 (HSCR41)	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE ACCOUNTS. Repealing the department of education repair and maintenance account for projects on the backlog list as of 6/30/00.	EDN, FIN
HB 23 HD2 (HSCR739)	RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS. Adds providers and subcontractors to the individuals subject to criminal history record checks for purposes of employment with the Department of Education.	EDN/LAB, JUD, FIN
HB 592 (HSCR16)	RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANTS. Appropriates funds to implement a career ladder program to attract, retain, and reward quality and excellence in educational assistants.	EDN/LAB, FIN
HB 594 HD1 (HSCR479)	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Clarifies the role of BOE in policymaking for charter schools.  Expands the duties of the Charter School Review Panel.  Changes the membership of the Panel.  Makes the Charter School Administrative Office, rather than BOE, responsible for the staff and resources of the Panel.  Clarifies how the executive director of the Charter School Administrative Office is appointed and evaluated.  Ensures that funding allocations to the charter schools are based on the most recent department of education budget base.	EDN, FIN

Decision making to follow.

12:00 p.m. AGENDA:

HB 1630 HD1 (HSCR227)	RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. Appropriates funds into the Hawaii 3Ts school technology laboratories fund to maintain the project EAST program in existing schools and to expand the program to schools statewide	EDN, FIN
HB 598 (HSCR72)	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Creates an online learning task force to develop a systematic plan to expand opportunities for online learning, to enhance the learning experiences of students across the state.	EDN, FIN
HB 595 HD1 (HSCR78)	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates funds to make various improvements to technology systems and infrastructure within the Department of Education.	EDN, FIN
HB 24 (HSCR500)	RELATING TO TEACHERS. Provides greater incentives for National Board Certified teachers to work at schools in restructuring under the No Child Left Behind Act, by giving them an additional $5,000 bonus per year.	EDN, LAB, FIN
HB 15 HD1 (HSCR131)	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes the Felix stipend special fund into which shall be deposited moneys received as repayment from students who have breached their contractual agreements under the Felix stipend program.  Appropriates funds from the special fund for special education teaching programs.	EDN/HED, FIN
HB 19 HD1 (HSCR77)	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Creates the facilities alignment commission to establish criteria for the selection of public schools to be constructed, expanded, consolidated, or closed, and recommend, based upon these criteria, a list of areas for new school construction, and of schools for expansion, consolidation, or closure.  Allows the legislature to disapprove these recommendations only in their entirety.  If no legislative disapproval occurs, requires the board of education to comply with these recommendations.	EDN, FIN
HB 564 (HSCR175)	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Allows the principal of each public school to establish and use a debit card system based at the individual school level for the purpose of purchasing school supplies and other related curriculum support supplies.	EDN, FIN
HB 13 (HSCR14)	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes food distribution program revolving fund to support the administration and operation of the food distribution program.  Fund is not to exceed $2,000,000 from revenues generated.	EDN, FIN

Decision making to follow.

1:00 p.m. AGENDA:

HB 249 (HSCR548)	RELATING TO HUNTING TOURISM. Provides for a fee of $50 for a 3-day hunting license on a private or commercial shooting preserve with a licensed guide.	WLH/TAC, FIN
HB 252 HD1 (HSCR603)	RELATING TO CONVEYANCE TAXES FOR SPECULATIVE SALES. Increases conveyance tax rates for sales of condominiums or single-family residences where the purchaser is ineligible for a county homeowner's property tax exemption.	WLH, EDB, FIN
HB 260 (HSCR582)	RELATING TO APPRAISALS OF RESOURCE VALUE LANDS. Establishes procedures for the appraisal of resource value lands.	WLH, FIN
HB 1433 (HSCR146)	RELATING TO MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. Requires notification to the commanding officer of a military installation of zoning change applications and district boundary amendment petitions for land within 3,000 feet or 2 miles(depending on county population) of a military installation.	PSM, FIN
HB 832 (HSCR634)	RELATING TO HOUSING. Requires the land survey division of the department of accounting and general services to establish the boundaries of the Del Monte employee housing at its Kunia camp comprising of approximately 50 acres of TMK:  1st Div: 9-2-005:002.  Makes an appropriation to purchase the housing area for eventual resale to former Del Monte employees and retirees presently inhabiting the housing.	WLH, FIN
HB 1072 HD1 (HSCR636)	RELATING TO HOUSING. Establishes the Kakaako affordable housing development program and the Kakaako affordable housing development fund to provide incentives to developers building or rehabilitating affordable housing units in Kakaako over the next 5 years.  Appropriates funds.  Repealed 6/30/12.	WLH/HSH, FIN

Decision making to follow.

2:00 p.m. AGENDA:

HB 825 (HSCR497)	RELATING TO CAREGIVING. Extends the life of the joint legislative committee on family caregiving to 6/30/08.  Expands the focus of the committee to explore a paid family leave program.  Provides a broader definition for "family caregiver."	HLT/HSH, LMG, FIN
HB 355 HD1 (HSCR709)	RELATING TO CAREGIVERS. Provides a tax credit to taxpayer caregivers who care for qualified care recipients.	HLT/HSH, FIN
HB 1008 HD1 (HSCR224)	RELATING TO CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE. Creates a three-year pilot program in which the Department of Human Services pays half of the premiums for the health care provided by a managed care plan to uninsured children who are thirty-one days to eighteen years old and are ineligible for other state or federal health care coverage; Sunsets June 30, 2010.  Provides children, of families whose income is at or below three hundred per cent of the federal poverty level, access to medical care free of charge by expanding the State's QUEST-Net eligibility requirements.  Established the Hawaii Infant Care special fund to provide health care services to infants from birth to thirty-one days of age through a dollar-for-dollar matching-funds, public-private partnership established by the Department of Health.	HLT/HSH, FIN
HB 208 (HSCR706)	RELATING TO DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. Appropriates moneys to fund operations of developmental disabilities domiciliary homes and apartment complexes for persons with developmental disabilities.	HLT/HSH, FIN
HB 1475 HD1 (HSCR748)	RELATING TO SOCIAL SERVICES. Establishes provisions for a minimum monthly allowance for residents of certain care homes, and regular increases of the allowance.	HLT/HSH, FIN
HB 1785	RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates funds for additional ambulances and equipment for the City and County of Honolulu.	FIN
HB 223 HD2 (HSCR641)	RELATING TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES. Appropriates general funds to support Hawaii's trauma system, statewide aeromedical evacuation programs, rural hospitals, Hawaii Childrens' Health Care Program, and support services for people without health insurance.	HLT/HSH, LAB, FIN
HB 1368 (HSCR221)	RELATING TO THE HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL FACILITIES SPECIAL FUND. Renames the special fund to reflect the current name of the Office of Health Care Assurance (OHCA).  Requires that all moneys collected by OHCA in the form of fees and fines be deposited into this account.  Allows the moneys deposited into the special fund to be used to offset OHCA's operational expenses.	HLT, FIN
HB 1067 HD1 (HSCR705)	RELATING TO CERTIFICATES OF NEED. Restructures the certificate of need (CON) requirements to: (1) reverse the order that the county and State councils hold hearings and make recommendations on CON applications and provide that, where the recommendation of the State council and the county council conflict, the ("SHPDA") Administrator shall give greater weight to the recommendation of the county council; (2) require that a hearing on a request for reconsideration from the denial of a CON be held on the island where the proposed medical facility is to be built or the medical activity is to occur; and (3) specify and narrow the types of medical facilities and medical activities that require a CON.  Establishes a temporary blue ribbon panel to study the certificate of need process in other states and recommend changes or the abolishment of Hawaii's certificate of need process.	HLT/CPC, FIN
HB 843 HD1 (HSCR222)	RELATING TO KAHUKU HOSPITAL. Requires the Hawaii health systems corporation to acquire Kahuku hospital on negotiated terms.  Requires the director of health to assume a facilitating role during the transition period.	HLT, FIN
HB 1704 HD1 (HSCR733)	RELATING TO HEALTH. Allows for creation of regional entities and regional boards for the five regions within the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.  Establishes the Maui regional entity and regional board.	HLT, FIN

Decision making to follow.

3:00 p.m. AGENDA:

HB 55 (HSCR31)	RELATING TO YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION. Establishes statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention program.  Appropriates $        to department of health to implement the program.	HLT/HSH, FIN
HB 367 (HSCR720)	RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE. Ensures appropriate alcohol and drug abuse screening and counseling is offered to a patient when an examining physician in a primary care or emergency room setting has good reason to suspect substance abuse by the patient, and appropriates funds to establish a screening, brief intervention, and referral to substance abuse treatment pilot program in the State of Hawaii.	HLT, FIN
HB 1047 HD2 (HSCR530)	RELATING TO MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS. Includes marriage and family therapy among the mental illness, alcohol and drug dependence benefits required within the hospital and medical coverage offered under accident and sickness insurance policies and similar insurance products.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB 1495 HD1 (HSCR669)	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PALLIATIVE CARE RESOURCES. Appropriates $225,000 for fiscal year 2007-2008 and $160,000 for fiscal year 2008-2009 for palliative care resources.	HLT, FIN
HB 212 HD1 (HSCR639)	RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Establishes a statewide comprehensive health care workforce map and database on supply, demand, and distribution, by specialty and practice location.	HLT, LAB, FIN
HB 817 (HSCR731)	RELATING TO SAGE PLUS. Appropriates funds for the Sage PLUS program to expand services to the neighbor islands and to support the program's operating costs.	HLT/HSH, FIN
HB 1359 (HSCR517)	RELATING TO THE STATE PHARMACY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. Creates a Hawaii State Pharmacy Assistance program by merging the current State Pharmacy Assistance program which coordinates the Medicare Part D drug benefit and the Hawaii Rx plus program under a single comprehensive Hawaii State Pharmacy Assistance program umbrella.	HLT/HSH, CPC, FIN
HB 56 HD2 (HSCR613)	RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes the Hawaii Health Commission to develop a health plan to provide healthcare coverage for all individuals in the state.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB 590 (HSCR139)	RELATING TO VACCINATIONS. Requires health insurance policies issued in the State to cover human papillomavirus vaccination for people age 11 through 26; directs the department of health to include human papillomavirus immunization in the teen vax program.	HLT, FIN
HB 1118 (HSCR516)	RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Mandates health insurance coverage for prostate cancer and colorectal cancer screening by all health and accident insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations after 12/31/2007.	HLT, CPC, FIN

Decision making to follow.

4:00 p.m. AGENDA:

HB 273 (HSCR187)	RELATING TO ANNUITIES. Establishes standards and procedures to be followed by insurers or insurance producers when making recommendations to consumers who are considering the purchase or exchange of any annuity.	CPC, FIN
HB 90 HD1 (HSCR360)	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Enacts the National Conference of Insurance Legislators market conduct surveillance model law, which establishes a framework for the insurance commissioner to conduct market conduct examinations of domestic and foreign insurers.	CPC, FIN
HB 88 HD1 (HSCR436)	RELATING TO INSURANCE FRAUD. Expands the department of commerce and consumer affairs' jurisdiction over insurance fraud to include workers' compensation cases, until July 1, 2010.  Appropriates funds for additional personnel and resources within the department to combat insurance fraud.	CPC, FIN
HB 1006 HD1 (HSCR574)	RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. Establishes the Office of the Director of Disaster Preparedness and a Disaster Preparedness Commission to develop a disaster preparedness plan for Hawaii that includes the identification of hazards and hazard impact zones; disaster mitigation policies, requirements, and incentives; and best responses.	CPC/PSM, FIN
HB 989 (HSCR245)	RELATING TO LEAVE SHARING. Allows employees to donate sick leave credits in addition to vacation credits to assist employees who are on extended leave due to illness.	LAB, FIN
HB 1493 HD1 (HSCR741)	RELATING TO THE CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION COMMISSION. Exempts existing and new employees of the commission for crime victim compensation from civil service law as established in chapter 76.	LAB, JUD, FIN
HB 763 HD1 (HSCR644)	RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW. Amends workers' compensation law, including limiting an employer's ability to terminate benefits, authorizing the recovery of attorney's fees and costs by the injured employee, specifying procedures for medical examinations by the employer's physician, establishing fines for violations, requiring the reporting of denials of claims and relevant information, and further restricting the director of labor and industrial relations' rulemaking authority.	LAB, FIN
HB 867 (HSCR502)	RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW. Allows negotiation between employers and public unions over workers' compensation coverage and benefits.	LAB, FIN
HB 855 HD1 (HSCR626)	RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Ensures that uninterrupted medical care is provided to an injured employee, even if the injured employee's employer denies further treatment, until the director of labor and industrial relations renders a final decision on the matter.	LAB, FIN
HB 854 HD1 (HSCR645)	RELATING TO CONTINUED TEMPORARY TOTAL DISABILITY BENEFITS TO INJURED EMPLOYEES. Clarifies that temporary total disability benefits shall be terminated only upon order of the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations or if the employee's treating physician determines that the employee is able to resume work and the employer has made a bona fide offer of work within the employee's medical restrictions. Allows the employer to request that the Director issue a credit for the amount of temporary total disability benefits paid by the employer after the date which the Director had determined should have been the last date of payment.	LAB, FIN

Decision making to follow.

5:00 p.m. AGENDA:

HB 853 HD1 (HSCR448)	RELATING TO PUBLIC WORK PROJECTS. Clarifies that a single violation refers to each separate project where the department of labor and industrial relations finds a contractor has failed to comply with chapter 104.	LAB, EDB, FIN
HB 859 HD1 (HSCR311)	RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. Allows a public employer to negotiate procedures and criteria on promotions, transfers, assignments, demotions, layoffs, suspensions, terminations, discharges, or other disciplinary actions; requires negotiation over the impact of transfers, assignments, and layoffs of public employees.	LAB, FIN
HB 861 (HSCR347)	RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS. Requires that, for public works projects that are not directly caused by a governmental contracting agency, the department of labor and industrial relations be the responsible agency for ensuring compliance with the State's prevailing wage law.  Requires the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for these projects to be promptly reported to the department of labor and industrial relations.	LAB, EDB, FIN
HB 863 (HSCR314)	RELATING TO PUBLIC WORK PROJECTS. Clarifies that a construction contract between private parties is a public work under certain conditions, that include state or county use of more than half the project.  Requires construction project owner to sign a lease agreement that complies with state prevailing wage law.  Requires that copies of the lease agreement be filed with the departments of labor and industrial relations and accounting and general services.	LAB, EDB, FIN
HB 1081 (HSCR348)	RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS. Allows a joint labor‑management committee established pursuant to the federal Labor Management Cooperation Act of 1978 to institute an action for injunctive and other relief against an employer that fails to pay its employees the prevailing wage. Effective upon approval.	LAB, EDB, FIN
HB 391 HD1 (HSCR323)	RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE INQUIRIES. Assists the legislature with fact-finding and promotes complete and truthful disclosure by prohibiting the payment of salaries of state employees who coerce, intimidate, or otherwise prevent subordinates from sharing information at legislative hearings or in response to other legislative inquiries.	LAB/LMG, FIN
HB 1561 (HSCR137)	RELATING TO LABOR. Establishes labor representation procedures in developments in which the State or counties have an ongoing proprietary interest.	LAB, FIN
HB 1082 HD1 (HSCR505)	RELATING TO BOARDS OF WATER SUPPLY. Repeals the provision encouraging experimental modernization projects by county boards of water supply on July 1, 2008.	LAB, FIN
HB 1745 HD2 (HSCR688)	RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT. Establishes job security requirements upon the sale, merger or other transfer of a business establishment that employs 100 or more persons.  Establishes penalties paid into the Employment and Training Fund and used for training and employment programs.  Enables certain employers that acquire a business to also acquire its predecessor's unemployment insurance contribution assessment rate through December 31, 2007.	LAB, EDB, FIN

Decision making to follow.

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Friday, February 23, 2007

4:00 p.m.

Kauai Community College Cafeteria

3-1901 Kaumualii Highway

Lihue, Kauai

AGENDA:

HB 1905 HD2 (HSCR738)

RELATING TO DAM SAFETY. Grants department of land and natural resources the right to enter property, public or private, to inspect dams.  Allows board of land and natural resources to direct owner or, in its discretion, to take immediate action to initiate emergency measures to insure public safety.  (HB1905 HD2)

WLH, JUD

HB 38 HD1 (HSCR555)

RELATING TO LIABILITY OF STATE AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS. Makes certain temporary liability protections for the state and county governments relating to public use of public beach parks permanent; makes temporary liability protection for acts of lifeguards permanent. (HB38 HD1)

WLH, JUD

Decision making to follow.

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Saturday, February 24, 2007

12:00 p.m.

Hawaii Community College

Building 388

Conference Rooms 101 & 102

Hilo, Hawaii

AGENDA:

The Committees welcome students, faculty and the public at large to address concerns relating to the Hawaii Community College and the University of Hawaii at Hilo.  Scheduled times for discussion are:

• 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.   Hawaii Community College

•   1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.   University of Hawaii at Hilo

SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Monday, February 26, 2007

1:15 p.m.

Conference Room 016; State Capitol

AGENDA:

This joint informational briefing will outline the financial trends of Hawaii’s hospitals, nursing facilities and home care and hospice providers. Specific information on the following will be addressed:

1) Description of health services in Hawaii;

2) Hawaii's hospitals' financial data and payment information;

3) Significant costs for Hawaii's hospitals, including wages, medical education, community programs, charity care and bad debt, trauma care, waitlisted patients and prescription drugs;

4) Long term care, home care and hospice issues;

5) The impact of Medicaid, including DSH payments, the SCHIP Program and Quest expansion;

6) Who pays for healthcare in Hawaii?

Guest speakers include:

          Rich Meiers – President and CEO, Healthcare Association of Hawaii

          Coral Andrews – VP for Long Term Care, Home Care and Hospice, Healthcare                                        Association of Hawaii

SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Monday, February 26, 2007

1:30 p.m.

Conference Room 309; State Capitol

AGENDA:

The purpose of the informational briefing is to receive testimonies regarding the status of the Hawaii P-20 Initiative.  Kathy Jaycox, Interim Executive Director for the Hawaii P-20 Initiative, will report on the progress of the P-20 Initiative and its current priorities: P-3 Initiative, Access with Success Initiative, and building organizational capacity for the P-20 Initiative.  Kati Haycock, Director of the Education Trust in Washington, D.C., will provide a national context for the P-20 priorities, particularly the Access with Success Initiative.  She will share results of the EdTrust's recent studies on the achievement gap in higher education access with success, including Hawaii's data.  Tammi Chun, Director of GEAR UP Hawaii, will share a success in the "Access with Success Initiative," reporting results of the GEAR UP Scholars Program which demonstrate that Hawaii's youth can overcome barriers to college.