THE TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2017
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Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair |
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Senator Clarence K. Nishihara, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Tuesday, March 14, 2017 |
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9:00 a.m. |
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Conference Room 229 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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RELATING TO HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATIONS. Expands the law on planned community associations to apply to certain homeowners' associations. (HB192 HD2)
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Requires contracts between the association and the resident manager or general manager to be made available to any unit owner, and allows certain personal information to be redacted from the contracts. (HB1498 HD1)
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RELATING TO DENTISTRY. Requires dentists who administer general anesthesia, deep sedation, or moderate (conscious) sedation to post notice of contact information for verification of the dentist's licensure, and authorization and permit, to administer anesthesia and sedation. Requires inspection of a dentist's facilities, equipment, and personnel as a condition to obtain a written authorization or permit to administer anesthesia or sedation. (HB561 HD2)
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RELATING TO DENTAL ASSISTANTS. Requires the Auditor to conduct a sunrise analysis of establishing licensure and certification requirements for dental assistants. (HB374 HD2)
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RELATING TO ELEVATOR MECHANICS. Clarifies the scope of work for elevator mechanics. Amends the licensing requirements for elevator mechanics, and the powers and duties of the Elevator Mechanics Licensing Board. (HB1381 HD2)
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The Committee previously held public hearings on Senate bill(s) that are substantially similar to the following House bill(s). Please focus your testimony on the differences, if any, between the House and Senate measure(s) listed.
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RELATING TO APPRAISAL MANAGEMENT COMPANIES. Establishes an Appraisal Management Company Registration Program within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to conform to minimum standards of the Appraisal Management Companies Final Rule and Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Establishes registration requirements, standards, and penalties for violations. (HB50 HD3)
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Clarifies that when a standard proxy form is returned with no proxy or voting boxes checked or more than one proxy or voting box checked, the proxy shall be counted for quorum purposes only. Exempts box requesting an annual audit report from determining validity of proxy. (HB239 HD2)
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RELATING TO NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS. Amends the nonprofit corporations law to impose a duty of loyalty on directors and officers of nonprofit corporations, recodify provisions that would allow nonprofit corporations to convert into and out of domestic nonprofit corporations, and give the Attorney General additional time to review proposed dissolutions of nonprofits. (HB1027 HD1)
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Clarifies that a mutual benefit society shall maintain a minimum net worth calculated based on annual net premium revenues and net health care expenditures. Requires approval of reinsurer. (HB917 HD1)
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Clarifies that acute care hospitals are covered under the clean claims statute, section 431:13-108, Hawaii Revised Statutes. (HB91 HD1)
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RELATING TO CHARTER TOUR OPERATORS. Permits charter tour operators to maintain client trust accounts in a federally insured financial institution outside the State; provided that charter tour operators agree to allow the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to access the tour operator's financial records through the financial institution. (HB1262 HD2)
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RELATING TO ENHANCED 911 SERVICES. Establishes a prepaid wireless E911 surcharge at the point of sale. Allows sellers to deduct and retain for administrative purposes 1.5% of the surcharge that is collected. Requires deposit of surcharge balance in the enhanced 911 fund. Requires a report. Sunsets on June 30, 2022. (HB206 HD2)
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RELATING TO CITATIONS FOR BEAUTY CULTURE VIOLATIONS. Authorizes the issuance of a citation for specific violations of beauty culture laws by licensees and permittees. Sets forth a process for licensees and permittees to contest the citation and provides for the assessment of fines for each violation. Establishes requirements for persons selling or demonstrating beauty products or techniques for promotional purposes to adhere to licensing requirements with certain exceptions. (HB1081 HD2)
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RELATING TO INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE. Requires licensees under the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology to complete a one-time awareness education program on intimate partner violence awareness and education. Requires the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to adopt materials by the selected nonprofit intimate partner violence awareness education program. Provides that assaulting or threatening to cause bodily injury to a barber or beauty operator is a misdemeanor. (HB680 HD2)
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RELATING TO DENTAL HYGIENISTS. Permits licensed dental hygienists in the State to operate under general, rather than direct, supervision of a licensed dentist in specified circumstances that protect patient health and safety. (HB563 HD1)
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Increases the authorized benefit for acupuncture treatments allowed under personal injury protection benefits provided through motor vehicle insurance. Caps total benefit amount for acupuncture, chiropractic, and naturopathic treatments. (HB235 HD1)
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RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Ensures that benefits of the Affordable Care Act are preserved under State law in the case of repeal of the ACA by Congress. Preserves the individual mandate, minimum essential benefit requirements, extended dependent coverage, and prohibitions on preexisting condition exclusions and gender discrimination in premiums and costs. Establishes a trust fund and procedures to reimburse insurers for unrecouped costs of providing minimal essential insurance benefits. (HB552 HD1)
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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 Rosalyn H. Baker Chair |
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