HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2004
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH |
Rep. Dennis A. Arakaki, Chair |
Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto, Vice Chair |
Rep. Helene H. Hale |
Rep. Corinne W.L. Ching |
Rep. Michael Puamamo Kahikina |
Rep. Lynn Finnegan |
Rep. Maile S.L. Shimabukuro |
Rep. Bud Stonebraker |
COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES AND HOUSING |
Rep. Michael Puamamo Kahikina, Chair |
Rep. Maile S.L. Shimabukuro, Vice Chair |
Rep. Dennis A. Arakaki |
Rep. Corinne W.L. Ching |
Rep. Helène H. Hale |
Rep. Lynn Finnegan |
Rep. Bertha C. Kawakami |
Rep. Bud Stonebraker |
Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto |
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION |
Rep. Roy M. Takumi, Chair |
Rep. Cindy Evans, Vice Chair |
Rep. Dennis A. Arakaki |
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Tamayo |
Rep. Helène Hale |
Rep. Brian K. Blundell |
Rep. Hermina M. Morita |
Rep. Corinne W.L. Ching |
Rep. Michael Puamamo Kahikina |
Rep. Bertha F.K. Leong |
Rep. Brian Schatz |
Rep. Guy P. Ontai |
Rep. K. Mark Takai |
NOTICE OF JOINT HEARING
DATE: |
Tuesday, February 17, 2004 |
TIME: |
8:30 a.m. |
PLACE: |
Conference Room 329 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
HB2094 |
RELATING TO DENTISTS. Creates a loan repayment assistance program for dentists serving underserved populations. |
HLT/HSH, FIN |
HB2155 |
RELATING TO DENTISTRY. Authorizes the board of dental examiners to sanction the license of a dentist who refuses to accept QUEST/medicaid patients. |
HLT/HSH, CPC |
DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
RECONVENE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
HB2131 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR DONATED DENTAL SERVICES. Appropriates $30,765 for FY 2004-2005 for the donated dental services program for the elderly, disabled, or medically compromised, to be expended by the DOH. |
HLT, FIN |
HB2093 |
RELATING TO DENTAL PROFESSIONAL LICENSING. Creates a special license for dentists and dental hygienists working a federally qualified health centers or native Hawaiian health system sites. |
HLT, CPC |
HB2092 |
RELATING TO MEDICINE AND SURGERY. Allows licensure of applicants who served a residency in a program approved by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; clarifies licensure requirements that foreign applicants for an MD license have at least two years of residency in a program accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, or if outside of Canada, a program substantially equivalent. |
HLT, CPC |
HB2098 |
RELATING TO MEDICAL RECORDS. Provides for the release of medical records of a deceased person to next of kin. |
HLT, CPC/JUD |
HB2130 |
RELATING TO MEDICAL RECORDS. Amends the confidentiality provisions of the mental health, mental illness, drug addiction, and alcoholism law by changing "insurer" to "provider" to indicate that the provider may inform the patient of a reimbursement claim. |
HLT, CPC/JUD |
HB2468 |
RELATING TO MEDICAL RECORDS. Permits mental health service providers to release records for billing purposes under limited circumstances while preserving a patient's right to confidentiality. |
HLT, JUD |
HB2100 |
RELATING TO INVOLUNTARY PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT. Authorizes DOH to adopt rules to establish an administrative process allowing involuntary medication of psychiatric patients institutionalized at the Hawaii state hospital, to alleviate mental illness and restore competency while protecting the rights of patients. |
HLT, JUD |
HB2204 |
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Clarifies that private pay patients are eligible to receive continuing day services from the DOH's adult mental health division on a voluntary basis if they pay in full the graduated charges established and imposed by the director of health. Appropriates $ in FY 2004-2005. |
HLT, FIN |
HB1188 |
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Exempts from liability, contracted mental health providers that render services to certain conditionally released persons pursuant to Fitness to Proceed, and Penal Responsibility statutory provisions. |
HLT, JUD |
HB1921 |
RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. Directs the governor, in consultation with department of human services, the department of health, and others, to develop, operate, and maintain a website to assist Hawaii residents in purchasing prescription drugs from Canada. |
HLT/CPC, FIN |
HB2475 |
RELATING TO GENERIC SUBSTITUTION OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRODUCTS. Makes USFDA approved, therapeutically equivalent generic drug products substitutable upon approval by the Director of Health. |
HLT, CPC |
HB2798 |
RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF PHARMACY. Includes the intranasal delivery of vaccines within the scope of practice of pharmacists. |
HLT, CPC |
HB2481 |
RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. Allows the Department to include emergency aeromedical services as part of the State comprehensive emergency medical services system subject to the availability of funding. |
HLT, FIN |
HB2228 |
RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. Appropriates $ for FY 2004-2005 as grant-in-aid for emergency medical services in the Waianae-Nanakuli, Kahaluu-Kaaawa, and urban Honolulu areas. |
HLT, FIN |
HB2035 |
RELATING TO MEDICAL SERVICES. Exempts the purchase and sale of medical services from the general excise tax. |
HLT, CPC |
HB2539, HD1 |
RELATING TO HOSPITALS. Requires that proof of a certificate of need or exemption from a certificate of need accompany the application for a building permit. (HB2539 HD1) |
HLT, CPC |
DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
RECONVENE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
DECISION-MAKING ONLY, NO TESTIMONY WILL BE ACCEPTED
HB2198 |
RELATING TO SCHOOL HEALTH. Requires the DOE to permit the self-administration of medication by a student for asthma or other potentially life-threatening illnesses. Allows a student who is permitted to self-administer medication to carry an inhaler and auto-injectable epinephrine. |
HLT/EDN |
RECONVENE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
DECISION-MAKING ONLY, NO TESTIMONY WILL BE ACCEPTED
HB1799 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL NUTRITION. Requires food and drink items in public school vending machines to comply with the nutritional standards established by the board of education. |
HLT, EDN |
HB2793 |
RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE. Requires a court order that orders a person to a drug treatment program at a community treatment center to provide conditions whereby the center may appropriately modify the court-ordered treatment. |
HLT, JUD |
HB2198 |
RELATING TO SCHOOL HEALTH. Requires the DOE to permit the self-administration of medication by a student for asthma or other potentially life-threatening illnesses. Allows a student who is permitted to self-administer medication to carry an inhaler and auto-injectable epinephrine. |
HLT, EDN |
HB2203 |
RELATING TO QUALIFIED MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT. Provides income tax credit for investments in qualified mental health centers using new treatment modalities in decreasing percentages beginning in the year the investment is made and for the following four years. Requires certification from director of health. Applies to tax years beginning after 12/31/2003. |
HLT, FIN |
HB2814 |
RELATING TO KALAUPAPA SETTLEMENT. Requires the Department of Health to track Kalaupapa Settlement patient and non-patient costs separately and to submit an annual report to the Legislature to report initiatives and improvements. |
HLT, FIN |
HB2875 |
RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY. Adds language to Act 174, Session Laws of Hawaii 2003; appropriates funds pursuant to Act 174 to advance the development toward early detection and treatment of skin cancer. |
HLT, FIN |
HB559 |
RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form purpose is to effectuate its title. |
HLT |
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________________________________________ Rep. Michael Puamamo Kahikina Chair |
________________________________________ Rep. Dennis A. Arakaki Chair |
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________________________________________ Rep. Roy M. Takumi Chair |