OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

THIRTIETH STATE LEGISLATURE

 

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

 

 

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NO. 19

16th LEGISLATIVE DAY-FEBRUARY 11, 2019

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Committee Abbreviations:

 


AGR -  Agriculture

CPC -   Consumer Protection & Commerce

EDB -   Economic Development & Business

EEP -   Energy & Environmental Protection

FIN -    Finance

HLT -   Health

HSG -   Housing

HSH -   Human Services & Homelessness

IAC -    Intrastate Commerce

JUD -   Judiciary

LAB -   Labor & Public Employment

LHE -   Lower & Higher Education

LMG -  Legislative Management

PVM -  Public Safety, Veterans, & Military Affairs

TIA -    Tourism & International Affairs

TRN -   Transportation

WLH -  Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs


 

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Committee

 

 

RE-REFERRAL

 

 

 

 

HB138, HD1

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Requires owners and operators of fifteen or more food service establishments to provide calorie information for menu items.  (HB138 HD1)

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB139, HD1

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Prohibits the manufacture, sale or distribution of reusable drink and food containers intended for use by children under three and containing bisphenol A.  (HB139 HD1)

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB140, HD1

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Provides the same protections under the peer-review process that are afforded to licensed physicians to residents and fellow physicians.  (HB140 HD1)

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB141, HD1

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Establishes a Telehealth Advisory Council within the DOH to advise the governor in the development and implementation of a comprehensive telehealth plan.  Creates a permanent full-time Telehealth Coordinator to facilitate the establishment of infrastructure and policies across State and private entities and appropriates funds.  Establishes a task force to reduce barriers in health care system credentialing, privileging, and other administrative processes.  Act is repealed January 1, 2022.  (HB141 HD1)

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB142, HD1

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Requires any restaurant that offers a children's meal to offer water, non-flavored milk, or a nondairy milk substitute that has no more than 130 calories per container or serving as the default beverage choice accompanying the meal. (HB142 HD1)

 

HLT, CPC

HB257, HD1

RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.

Authorizes the use of private lands for the Ohana Zones Pilot Program.  Extends the Ohana Zones Pilot Program to June 30, 2022.  Extends the Emergency Department Homelessness Assessment Pilot Program and the Medical Respite Pilot Program to June 30, 2020.  (HB257 HD1)

 

HSH/HSG, FIN

HB439, HD1

RELATING TO LAND USE.

Exempts lands set aside by the Governor for the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation from classification as public land subject to management by the Department of Land and Natural Resources.  (HB439 HD1)

 

WLH, FIN