THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2017

 

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, CONSUMER PROTECTION, AND HEALTH

Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair

Senator Clarence K. Nishihara, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Thursday, February 9, 2017

TIME:

9:00 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 229

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 1156

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO MOVIE THEATERS.

Removes the sunset date of Act 39, Session Laws of Hawaii 2015, thereby making permanent the requirements for a public accommodation that owns, leases, leases to, or operates a motion picture theater in more than two locations in the State to provide open movie captioning during at least two showings per week of each motion picture that is produced and offered with open movie captioning and audio descriptions upon request for all motion pictures for which such accommodations are available and provide public notice if such accommodations are not available for certain movies.

 

CPH, JDL

SB 535

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HEARING AIDS.

Requires health insurance policies and contracts issued after 12/31/18 to provide coverage for the cost of hearing aids at a minimum of $1,500 per hearing aid for each hearing-impaired ear every thirty-six months.

 

CPH, WAM

SB 972

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO LICENSING OF AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS.

Requires an American Sign Language interpreter to be licensed to work in Hawaii.  Appropriates funds to implement the American Sign Language English Interpreter Licensing Program.

 

CPH, WAM

SB 983

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

Limits reimbursements for compounded prescription drugs to $1,000 in a thirty-day period.  Limits reimbursements for any schedule II drug under chapter 329, Uniform Controlled Substances Act, Hawaii Revised Statues, dispensed by a physician to a one-time thirty-day supply upon the first visit.

 

CPH, JDL

SB 1158

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS.

Requires pharmacy benefit managers to register with the insurance commissioner.

 

CPH, WAM

SB 384

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO PRESCRIPTIVE AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS.

Authorizes and establishes procedures and criteria for prescriptive authority for clinical psychologists who meet specific education, training, and registration requirements, including requiring prescribing psychologists to adhere to all applicable statutory regulations.  Requires the board of psychology to report to the legislature prior to the regular session of 2021.  Effective July 1, 2018.  Sunsets August 31, 2025.

 

CPH, JDL/WAM

 

 

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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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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Senator Rosalyn H. Baker

Chair