HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2006

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Rep. Dennis A. Arakaki, Chair

Rep. Josh Green, M.D., Vice Chair

Rep. Rida T.R. Cabanilla

Rep. Alex M. Sonson

Rep. Heléne H. Hale

Rep. Chris Halford

Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto

 

COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT

Rep. Kirk Caldwell, Chair

Rep. Bob Nakasone, Vice Chair

Rep. Pono Chong

Rep. Joseph M. Souki

Rep. Ken Ito

Rep. Colleen Rose Meyer

Rep. Marcus R. Oshiro

Rep. Anne V. Stevens

Rep. Maile S. L. Shimabukuro

 

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:

Friday, February 3, 2006

TIME:

1:00 p.m. to 1:35 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 329

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

AMENDED A G E N D A

HB 3127 HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE AGENDA

HB 3129

RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE.

Provides a tax credit to individual taxpayers and employers for premiums paid for long-term care insurance contracts and requires the department of taxation in cooperation with the department of commerce and consumer affairs to submit a report back to the legislature annually regarding the status of this Act's provisions. Sunsets December 31, 2011.

HLT/LAB, CPC, FIN

HB 3128

RELATING TO HEALTHCARE.

Establishes agency to operate a single-payer universal healthcare insurance system.

HLT/LAB, CPC, FIN

HB 1990

RELATING TO NURSING.

Creates a Nursing Task Force to investigate and recommend ways to assist the public and private sectors to relieve the nursing shortage and ensure a continuous, adequate supply of nurses to staff hospitals and other medical facilities in the state.

HLT/LAB, HED, FIN

     

HB 3127

RELATED TO HEALTH CARE.

Establishes direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing requirements in health care facilities to ensure patient safety and quality health care.

HLT/LAB, CPC, FIN

     

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

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Rep. Kirk Caldwell

Chair

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Rep. Dennis A. Arakaki

Chair