THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2012

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
Senator David Y. Ige, Chair
Senator Michelle Kidani, Vice-Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO TUESDAY, APRIL 03, 2012

DATE:

Tuesday, April 03, 2012

TIME:

10:00 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 211
State Capitol
415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

HB2275 SD1
(SSCR2966)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO HOSPITALS.
Establishes a hospital sustainability fee and special fund to receive moneys from the hospital sustainability fee to receive federal medicaid matching funds under the QUEST Expanded Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver.  Requires the Department of Human Services to charge and collect a provider fee on health care items or services provided by hospitals.  Effective 1/1/50.  Repeals 6/30/2013.  (SD1)

HTH/HMS, WAM

HB2264 SD1
(SSCR3005)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY.
Increases employer contribution rates to the state unemployment compensation fund.  Effective 01/01/13.  (SD1)

JDL, WAM

HB2591 HD2
(SSCR2946)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO ACCRETED LANDS.
Clarifies that land accreted after May 20, 2003, shall be public land except as otherwise provided by law.  (HB2591 HD2)

WLH/JDL, WAM

No testimony will be accepted.

FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

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