THE SENATE

KA ‘AHA KENEKOA

 

THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

INTERIM OF 2023

 

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Senator Joy A. San Buenaventura, Chair

Senator Henry J.C. Aquino, Vice Chair

 

 

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT

Senator Mike Gabbard, Chair

Senator Herbert M. "Tim" Richards, III, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING

 

DATE:

Thursday, November 2, 2023

TIME:

1:30pm

PLACE:

Conference Room 229

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

PHOTO ID REQUIRED FOR ENTRANCE TO THE STATE CAPITOL

BUILDING HOURS: 7AM TO 5PM, MONDAY - FRIDAY

 

A live stream of all Senate Standing Committee meetings will be available on the Senate YouTube Channel.

 

A G E N D A

 

The purpose of this informational briefing is for the Joint Task Force- Red Hill to update the public and the committee on the defueling of Red Hill, the Navy region Hawaii/ Naval facilities engineering systems command-Hawaii, and health updates.

 

Agenda:

 

      I.        Joint Task Force-Red Hill Update

a.     Red Hill Orientation – Complexities and Implications

b.     JTF-RH Mission and End-state

c.     Integrated Master Schedule (Timeline)

d.     Defueling Update

e.     Defueling Risk Mitigations

f.      Response Preparedness / Aquifer Protection

g.     Rebuilding Trust Integrated Engagement Plan

h.     Communities of Hawai’i Engagement and Outreach

     II.        Navy Region Hawaii/ Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command-Hawaii Update

a.     Red Hill Tank Closure Plan – Timeline and Status

b.     Water Protection

c.     Beneficial Reuse

d.     Drinking Water Long Term Monitoring

e.     Remediation

f.      Community Outreach

   III.        Defense Health Agency Update

a.     Current Healthcare Efforts

                                          i.    Red Hill Clinic

                                         ii.    Secretarial Designation Status

                                        iii.    Collaboration with the CDC/ Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry

                                        iv.    Continuing Education for Military Health System (MHS) & Community Providers

b.     Future Healthcare Efforts

                                          i.    Long-Term Registry

 

   IV.        Department of Health Updates

a.     Kathleen Ho, Deputy Director of Health, Environmental Division

     II.        Question and Answers

 

Briefing Materials

 

No public testimony will be accepted.

 

The cable TV broadcast and/or live stream of this meeting will include closed captioning. If you require other auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., interpretive services (oral or written) or ASL interpreter), please contact the committee clerk at least 24 hours prior to the hearing so that arrangements can be made.

 

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.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808)586-6890.

 

 

 

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Senator Mike Gabbard

Chair

 

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Senator Joy A. San Buenaventura

Chair

 

 

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Senator Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate