OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

TWENTY-FIFTH STATE LEGISLATURE

 

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

 

 

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NO. 12

13th LEGISLATIVE DAY-FEBRUARY 10, 2009

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Committee Abbreviations:

 


AGR -  Agriculture

CPC -   Consumer Protection & Commerce

EBM -  Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs

EDN -  Education

EEP -   Energy & Environmental Protection

FIN -    Finance

HAW - Hawaiian Affairs

HED -  Higher Education

HLT -   Health

HSG -  Housing

HUS -  Human Services

JUD -   Judiciary

LAB -  Labor & Public Employment

LMG -  Legislative Management

PBS -   Public Safety

TCI -    Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs

TRN -  Transportation

WLO - Water, Land, & Ocean Resources


 

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Committee

 

 

RE-REFERRAL

 

 

 

 

HB343, HD1

RELATING TO RURAL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE TRAINING.

Appropriates funds to:  (1) Develop a statewide Rural Primary Health Care Training Program; and (2) Support the Family Medicine Residency Program of the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine's Department of Family Medicine and Community Health.  Effective 7/1/2020.  (HB343 HD1)

 

HLT, FIN

HB587

RELATING TO DEATH WITH DIGNITY.

Allows a terminally ill, competent adult to get lethal dose of medication to end life.  Prohibits mercy killings, lethal injections, and active euthanasia.  Requires informed consent.  Allows alternate doctor to replace attending doctor if latter declines to prescribe.  Requires monitor at time of taking dose.

 

JUD

HB806

RELATING TO DEATH WITH DIGNITY.

Allows a terminally ill, competent adult to get lethal dose of medication to end life.  Prohibits mercy killings, lethal injections, and active euthanasia.  Requires informed consent.  Allows alternate doctor to replace attending doctor if latter declines to prescribe.  Requires monitor at time of taking dose.

 

JUD

HB1379

RELATING TO PHYSICIAN ORDERS FOR LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT.

Creates a process for a patient to direct end-of-life treatment in a standardized physician orders for life sustaining form.  Requires department of health to design the form.  Requires department of health and Hawaii health systems corporation to require adoption of the form in their respective health facilities.

 

JUD, FIN

HB1538

RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTALLY-SENSITIVE PRODUCTS.

Requires public schools to use environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance products.  Directs the department of health to establish guidelines and specifications for the products.  Requires the state procurement office to maintain a list of vendors who produce, manufacture, or sell environmentally-sensitive products.

 

HLT/EDN, FIN

HB1607

RELATING TO HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION.

Restructures the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation so the Corporate Board takes on a new role as a service and coordination group to assist the Regional Boards in improving public hospital services.

 

FIN

HB1812

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VII, SECTION 12, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS.

Amends Hawaii constitution to allow the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist any (rather than just a not-for profit) corporation that provides health care facilities to the general public.

 

HLT, JUD

HB1814

RELATING TO MANDATORY OVERTIME FOR NURSES.

Prohibits both public and private hospitals from forcing nurses to work overtime, except in cases of a federal, state, or county declared emergency.  Excludes nurse midwives and nurse anesthetists from mandatory overtime requirements.

 

HLT, LAB