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

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Rep. Dennis A. Arakaki

Chair

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Rep. Roy M. Takumi

Chair