HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2008

 

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Rep. Josh Green, M.D., Chair

Rep. John Mizuno, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Karen Leinani Awana

Rep. Karl Rhoads

Rep. Della Au Belatti

Rep. Maile S. L. Shimabukuro

Rep. Joe Bertram, III

Rep. James Kunane Tokioka

Rep. Rida T.R. Cabanilla

Rep. Gene Ward, Ph.D.

 

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES & HOUSING

Rep. Maile S. L. Shimabukuro, Chair

Rep. Karl Rhoads, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Karen Leinani Awana

Rep. Josh Green, M.D.

Rep. Della Au Belatti

Rep. John Mizuno

Rep. Joe Bertram, III

Rep. James Kunane Tokioka

Rep. Rida T.R. Cabanilla

Rep. Gene Ward, Ph.D.

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Friday February 1, 2008

TIME:

8 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 329

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

HB 2520

RELATING TO CAREGIVERS.

Amends the temporary disability insurance law to permit an eligible employee to collect up to 4 weeks of temporary disability insurance benefit payments to care for a family member with a qualifying disability.  Effective 07/01/09.

 

HLT/HSH, LAB, CPC, FIN

HB 2881

RELATING TO PERINATAL CARE.

Appropriates funds to continue operations and services for the perinatal clinic within the department of human services.

 

HLT/HSH, HED, FIN

HB 2519

RELATING TO HEALTH CARE.

Establishes the Hawaii Health Corps Program to provide student loans and physician and dentist stipends, and makes the enterprise zone business tax credit and general excise tax exemption available to physicians and dentists who practice in those enterprise zones.  Requires participants in the Hawaii Health Corps Program to serve as first responders in times of civil defense or other emergencies declared by the governor.

 

HLT, HED, FIN

HB 2208

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EMPLOYEES IN THE COUNTY OF HAWAII.

Appropriates funds for the employer contribution share of retirement funds for emergency medical services employees in the county of Hawaii.

 

HLT, LAB, FIN

HB 2224

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Requires insurers that offer health care coverage to the regular employees of any group or association to offer the same coverage to part-time employees working at least 15 hours per week; insurance commissioner to report on Act's cost-benefit to the 2010 legislature; sunsets July 1, 2010.

 

HLT, EDB, CPC

HB 2291

RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE.

Establishes the state health authority to propose a plan to provide medical assistance for all citizens of Hawaii. 

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB 3105

RELATING TO OSTEOPATHY.

Includes doctors of osteopathy in the medical doctors chapter (chapter 453) so that the Board of Medical Examiners may treat medical doctors and doctors of osteopathy in the same manner; repeals osteopathy chapter (chapter 460).

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB 2393

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Establishes loan repayment program for University of Hawaii medical school graduates working in rural areas of the State.

 

HLT, HED, FIN

HB 2414

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Provides a good Samaritan exemption from civil damages for physicians practicing medicine in health professional shortage areas and rural areas of the state.

 

HLT, JUD/CPC, FIN

HB 2445

RELATING TO ADVERTISING BY MANUFACTURERS OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND DISCLOSURE OF CLINICAL TRIALS.

Requires prescription drug ads to meet federal standards, public disclosure of clinical trial information, and drug manufacturers to pay fees to department of health to fund a public education initiative on clinical trials and drug safety.  Establishes special fund.

 

HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN

HB 3095

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Improves the Insurance Commissioner's ability to protect consumers from improper transactions between health insurance companies and their affiliates by authorizing the Commissioner to monitor the relationships and transactions between these companies and their affiliates.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB 3148

RELATING TO CONDITIONAL RELEASE

Provide statutory guidance and clarification on the seventy-two (72) hour hold and extended hold process, especially as it relates to patients under Conditional Release (CR) from the State Hospital or related facility.

 

HLT, JUD, FIN

HB 3387

RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS.

Appropriates funds for the Department of Defense in cooperation with the Department of Health to begin necessary preparations to establish a mobile emergency hospital unit in Hawaii as a shared resource between the Department of Defense and the Department of Health, based on the known need for a comprehensive natural and man-made disaster response plan.

 

HLT, PSM, FIN

HB 2675

RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA.

Authorizes the use of a written certification or its equivalent issued by another state government to permit the medical use of marijuana by a qualifying patient in place of a certificate provided by the Department of Public Safety.

 

HLT, PSM/JUD

HB 2678

RELATING TO MARIJUANA.

Authorizes the establishment of a secure growing facility for the production of medical marijuana for not more than fourteen qualified patients.

 

HLT, PSM/JUD, FIN

 

 

 

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

 

Persons wishing to offer comments should submit testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing with a transmittal cover indicating:

·     Testifier's name with position/title and organization;

·     The Committee the comments are directed to;

·     The date and time of the hearing;

·     Measure number; and

·     The number of copies the Committee is requesting. 

 

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Submit testimony in ONE of the following ways:

PAPER:   5 copies (including an original) to Room 436 in the State Capitol; or

FAX:        For comments less than 5 pages in length, transmit to 586-6051(Oahu) or 1-800-535-3859 (Neighbor Islands).

EMAIL:   For comments less than 5 pages in length, transmit to [email protected].

 

Testimony submitted will be placed on the Legislative Web site after the hearing adjourns.  This public posting of testimony on the Web site should be considered when including personal information in your testimony.

 

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids and/or services to participate in the House public hearing process (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the Committee Clerk at 586-6905 or email your request for an interpreter to [email protected] at least 24 hours prior to the hearing for arrangements.  Prompt requests submitted help to ensure the availability of qualified individuals and appropriate accommodations.

 

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Rep. Maile Shimabukuro

Chair

 

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Rep. Joshua B. Green, M.D.

Chair