THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2015

 

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Senator Josh Green, Chair

Senator Glenn Wakai, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Friday, February 13, 2015

TIME:

1:35 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 414

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 308

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH CORPS LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM.

Appropriates funds for the implementation and administration of the Hawaii health corps loan repayment program that provides loan repayment for physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, psychologists, and social workers who agree to work in a federally designated health professional shortage area or an area of Hawaii found to be underserved.

 

HTH, WAM

SB 113

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM.

Appropriates funds for the implementation and administration of the Hawaii state loan repayment program.

 

HTH, WAM

SB 231

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO MEDICINE.

Clarifies licensure requirements for foreign medical graduates.

 

HTH, CPN

 

 

 

SB 1270

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO BEVERAGES.

Requires all sweetened beverages to contain a warning label. 

 

HTH/CPN, WAM

[Pending Re-referral HTH, WAM]

SB 1256

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO OBESITY PREVENTION.

Imposes a fee on sugar-sweetened beverages.  Establishes the obesity and chronic disease prevention special fund and the Hawaii interagency obesity prevention council to support obesity prevention programs.  Makes an appropriation from the obesity and chronic disease prevention special fund to the department of health.

 

HTH, JDL/WAM

SB 757

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES.

Prohibits the use of electronic smoking devices in places where smoking is prohibited.  Updates signage requirements.

 

HTH, CPN

SB 305

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO USE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND E-CIGARETTES ON HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION PREMISES.

Prohibits the use of tobacco products and e-cigarettes on the premises of Hawaii health systems corporation facilities.

 

HTH

SB 18

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO SMOKING.

Amends Hawaii's anti-smoking statute to prohibit the use of electronic smoking devices in places where the smoking of tobacco is currently banned.

 

HTH, CPN

SB 802

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO SMOKING.

Allows condominiums and cooperative housing corporations to adopt rules prohibiting smoking in units, common elements, or limited common elements.

 

HTH, CPN

SB 1109

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS.

Amends chapter 328J, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to prohibit the use of electronic smoking devices in the places where smoking is prohibited and updates signage requirements.

 

HTH, CPN

 

 

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

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Senator Josh Green

Chair