THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2013

 

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Senator Josh Green, Chair

Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Friday, February, 1, 2013

TIME:

1:15 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 229

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 1220

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION.

Appropriates $2,800,000 to the Hawaii health systems corporation to implement and sustain its primary care training program at the Hilo medical center.

 

HTH, WAM

SB 1233

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO LEAVES OF ABSENCE.

Requires certain private employers to allow employees to take paid leaves of absence for organ, bone marrow, or peripheral blood stem cell donation.  Requires employers to restore an employee returning from leave to the same or equivalent position.  Establishes a private right of action for employees seeking enforcement of provisions.

 

HTH, JDL

SB 1238

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Establishes the maternal mortality review committee to conduct comprehensive reviews of maternal deaths in Hawaii, which includes collecting, analyzing, and disseminating maternal mortality information.  Requires the committee to hold meetings and submit an annual report with findings and recommendations to the legislature.

 

HTH

SB 1348

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Requires the department of health to classify and recognize qualified hospitals and health care facilities that provide care to stroke patients.  Allows hospitals and health care facilities to publicly advertise their recognition.  Requires hospitals and health care facilities to report data to the department.  Requires the department to create guidelines for pre-hospital stroke-triage assessment and maintain a statewide stroke database.  Requires the department to provide an annual report to the governor and legislature.  Takes effect on 7/1/15.

 

HTH, WAM

 

 

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

Click here to submit testimony to the Senate Committee on Health.

 

Testimony may be submitted up to 24 hours prior to the start of 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.

 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808) 586-9385.

 

 

 

 

 

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Senator Josh Green, M.D.

Chair