THE SENATE
KA ‘AHA KENEKOA
THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION OF 2024
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE:
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Friday, February 2, 2024
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TIME:
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1:00 PM
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PLACE:
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Conference Room 225
& Videoconference State
Capitol
415 South Beretania Street
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PHOTO ID REQUIRED FOR ENTRANCE TO
THE STATE CAPITOL
BUILDING HOURS: 7AM TO 5PM, MONDAY
- FRIDAY
The Legislature is accepting written,
videoconference, and in-person testimony at public hearings.
A live stream of all Senate Standing
Committee meetings will be available on the Senate YouTube Channel.
A G E N D A
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SB 3122
Status & Testimony
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RELATING TO PUBLIC
HEALTH STANDING ORDERS.
Authorizes the Director of Health to issue public
health standing orders for
patients to self-refer to certain healthcare screening services.
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HHS, CPN/JDC
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SB 3124
Status & Testimony
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RELATING TO LICENSING.
Authorizes the Director of Health to permit online
access to apply for marriage and civil union licenses in lieu of in-person
applications, as specified in rules adopted
pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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HHS, JDC
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SB 3127
Status & Testimony
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RELATING TO NUISANCE PREVENTION.
Clarifies that the Department of Health has the legal
authority and obligation to prevent nuisances that affect environmental health and public health.
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HHS, JDC
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SB 3128
Status & Testimony
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RELATING TO ACT 212,
SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2021.
Repeals
the requirement to transfer the Oahu Regional Health Care System
from the Hawaii
Health Systems Corporation to the Department of
Health.
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HHS, WAM
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SB 3138
Status & Testimony
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RELATING TO MANUFACTURED HEMP
PRODUCTS.
Clarifies that the definition of "manufactured
hemp products" in section 328G-1, HRS,
includes hemp products specified in rules adopted by the Department of Health pursuant to section 328G- 4.
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HHS, JDC
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HB 70, HD2
(HSCR1073)
Status & Testimony
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RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.
Prohibits
the sale or holding, offering, and distribution of hemp products that contain
cannabinoids created through isomerization.
Exempts medical cannabis dispensaries from the prohibition. Inserts the alternative name for Delta 6 cis or trans
tetrahydrocannabinol, and their optical isomers into the list of schedule I
controlled substances. Effective
6/30/3000. (HD2)
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HHS, JDC
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SB 3139
Status & Testimony
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RELATING TO CRISIS SERVICES.
Establishes a crisis intervention and diversion services program within the Department of Health to expand existing
services to divert those with mental health
issues to appropriate health care
services. Defines "mental
health emergency worker".
Appropriates funds
for the crisis
intervention and diversion program. Effective 7/1/2024.
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HHS, WAM/JDC
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SB 3141
Status & Testimony
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RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.
Requires the Department of Health to track and
publicly report certain data relating to crisis reports, emergency mental
health transports, and court-ordered treatments. Requires the Department of Health to respond to reports about
persons having severe mental illness who are in need of assistance, assess whether
those persons may fulfill the criteria for assisted
community treatment, and coordinate the process for an assisted community
treatment order if indicated. Establishes
that a court's denial of a petition for involuntary commitment shall serve as
notification to the Department of Health that the person should be evaluated
for assisted community treatment. Appropriates funds to the Department of Health for software and data collection and publication. Appropriates funds to the Department of
Health for statewide education and training on policies related to emergency
examination and hospitalization and assisted community treatment. Effective 7/1/2024.
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HHS, WAM/JDC
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SB 3142
Status & Testimony
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RELATING TO WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.
Authorizes
the department of health to transfer federal capitalization grant
funds between the
Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund and the Drinking
Water Treatment Revolving Loan Fund, in accordance with title 40 Code of
Federal
Regulations section 35.3530(c).
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HHS, WAM/JDC
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Decision Making
to follow, if time permits.
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Senate is posted
on the Hawai‘i Legislature's
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hearing in-person or remotely via videoconference.
Please note the following:
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The number of oral
testifiers and/or time allotted to each testifier may be limited by the Chair
when necessary to adhere to the committee hearing
schedule. We may not be able to accommodate
everyone who requests to testify orally.
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Testifiers for this hearing
will be limited
to 1 minute each.
If you wish to testify via
videoconference during the hearing, please review the detailed step-by-step
instructions for testimony procedures before you submit your written testimony. Here's a direct link to the
instructions: https://capitol.hawaii.gov/docs/testimonyinstructions.pdf
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process, please contact
the Public Access Room at (808) 587-
0478 or [email protected]. You can also visit
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will include closed captioning. If you require other auxiliary aids or
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services (oral or written) or ASL interpreter), or are unable to submit
testimony via the website due to a disability, please contact the committee at [email protected] at least 24 hours prior to the hearing.
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.
Senator Joy A. San Buenaventura
Chair
