HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2002

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Rep. Dennis Arakaki, Chair

Rep. K. Mark Takai, Vice Chair

Rep. Bertha Kawakami

Rep. Emily Auwae

Rep. Michael Kahikina

Rep. Bob McDermott

Rep. Nobu Yonamine

Rep. William Stonebraker

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES AND HOUSING

Rep. Michael Kahikina, Chair

Rep. Bertha Kawakami, Vice Chair

Rep. Dennis Arakaki

Rep. Emily Auwae

Rep. K. Mark Takai

Rep. Bob McDermott

Rep. Nobu Yonamine

Rep. William Stonebraker

NOTICE OF JOINT HEARING

DATE:

Monday, February 11, 2002

TIME:

9:00 a.m. - NOON

PLACE:

Auditorium

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

Following measures are referred to HSH/HLT:

HB 1867

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR HEALTH CARE FOR THE UNINSURED.

HSH/HLT, FIN

 

Appropriates $1.5 million for 2-to-1 federal match to expand eligibility for the children's health insurance program to 300% of poverty level. Appropriates $500,000 for a 9-to-1 federal match to continue lost TANF health benefits under QUEST. Appropriates $1.2 million to community health centers.

 

HB 2646

RELATING TO QUALIFIED IMPROVEMENT TAX CREDIT

Provides a tax credit for improvements made to federally qualified health centers. (Kahikina)

HSH/HLT, FIN

Following measures are referred to HLT/HSH:

HB 2151

RELATING TO A TAX CREDIT TO PROMOTE THE PURCHASE OF PRIVATE LONG TERM CARE INSURANCE

A bill to provide a tax credit for the purchase of Long Term Care Insurance.

HLT/HSH, FIN

 

HB 2215

RELATING TO LONG TERM CARE

Requires the executive office on aging to establish a coordinated and unified system of long-term care that provides multiple entry points for long-term care and related services; makes appropriation. (Arakaki)

HLT/HSH, FIN

HB 2223

RELATING TO ELDERLY CARE

Extends the duration of the PACE demonstration project at Maluhia. (Arakaki)

HLT/HSH, FIN

HB 2637

RELATING TO A DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND LONG TERM CARE

Establishes a department of aging and long term care. (Arakaki)

HLT/HSH, FIN

HB 2638

RELATING TO THE HAWAII LONG-TERM CARE FINANCING ACT

Enacts the Hawaii long-term care financing Act; creates a mandatory assessment system to collect premiums from employee paychecks; establishes an initial premium amount of $10 per month and an initial benefit payment of $70 per day for 365 days; creates the Hawaii long-term care benefits fund to hold the premiums and to pay benefits. (Arakaki)

HLT/HSH, FIN

HB 2512

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING SERVICES SPECIAL FUND

Establishes the Public Health Nursing Services Special Fund for case management services in the Public Health Nursing Branch Program to receive and expend Medicaid funds for medically fragile children under the age of 21 with complex medical conditions. (Say, B/R)

HLT/HSH, FIN

HB 202

RELATING TO HEALTH

Makes various amendments to further clarify the adult residential care homes law. Provides DOH with the discretion to allow more nursing facility residents to be allowed to live at adult residential care homes. (Abinsay)

HLT/HSH, FIN

HB 2220

RELATING TO LANGUAGE ACCESS FOR PERSONS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY

Appropriates $60,000 fort FY 2002-2003 to create a commission on language access. Appropriates unspecified amounts for the DOH and DHS to develop and implement systems by which limited Enlish speaking persons can access services, activities, and programs within each depatment. (Arakaki)

HLT/HSH, FIN

     

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

PERSONS WISHING TO TESTIFY ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT 30 COPIES OF THEIR TESTIMONY AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING TO: (1) THE HLT COMMITTEE'S VICE CHAIR IN ROOM 403, STATE CAPITOL, OR (2) THE HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS PERSONNEL IN THE TURNAROUND AREA OF THE CAPITOL BASEMENT PARKING LOT. TESTIMONY MAY BE FAXED TO THE HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS OFFICE AT: 586-6501 (OAHU) OR 1-800-535-3859 (NEIGHBOR ISLANDS). WHEN FAXING, PLEASE INDICATE TO WHOM THE TESTIMONY IS BEING SUBMITTED, THE DATE AND TIME OF THE HEARING, AND THE REQUIRED NO. OF COPIES THAT ARE NEEDED FOR SUBMITTAL.

IT IS ALSO REQUESTED THAT THE COPIES BE ON ONE SIDE OF AN 8-1/2" X 11" SHEET WITH TWO HOLES PUNCHED AT THE TOP. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE HLT COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6050.

IF YOU REQUIRE SPECIAL ASSISTANCE OR AUXILIARY AIDS AND/OR SERVICES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS OF THE STATE HOUSE (I.E., SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY, OR PARKING DESIGNATED FOR THE DISABLED), PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING SO ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE.

 

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Rep. Michael P. Kahikina

Chair

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Rep. Dennis A. Arakaki

Chair