THE SENATE

KA AHA KENEKOA

 

THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2026

 

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Senator Joy A. San Buenaventura, Chair

Senator Angus L.K. McKelvey, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

 

 

DATE:

Monday, February 2, 2026

TIME:

1:10 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 225 & Videoconference

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

TIMESLOT:

HHS

 

 

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A G E N D A

 

The following measure(s) were previously heard on 1-28-2026

The Committee will meet to reconsider its previous decision on this measure:

 

SB 389

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX.

Expands the general excise tax exemption established by Act 47, Session Laws of Hawaii 2024, to include amounts received by optometrists, audiologists, and chiropractors, for healthcare-related goods or services purchased under the Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE programs.

 

HHS, WAM

 

 

Decision making meeting only, no public testimony will be accepted.

 

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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 Joy A. San Buenaventura

Chair