THE SENATE

THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2019

 

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, CONSUMER PROTECTION, AND HEALTH

Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair

Senator Stanley Chang, Vice Chair

 

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Thursday, January 31, 2019

TIME:

9:30 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A M E N D E D  A G E N D A

 

 

 

SB 101

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO MEDICAL INFORMED CONSENT.

Requires the Hawaii medical board to establish standards for health care providers to follow to ensure that a patient's consent to treatment is an informed consent.  Requires that informed consent for a proposed medical or surgical treatment or a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure be obtained prior to the day of that treatment or procedure.  Specifies that if the treatment or procedure is to occur on the same day it is scheduled, the informed consent shall be obtained at the time the decision is made to schedule that treatment or procedure.

 

CPH, JDC

[Measure deleted on 1/29/19]

SB 538

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.

Authorizes mental health professionals under the supervision of a licensed mental health professional to provide mental health treatment or counseling services to minors.

 

CPH, JDC

SB 768

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.

Prohibits health plans and providers from disclosing to a policyholder or other covered person any payment or billing information for a minor's mental health services if the minor received the services without the consent or participation of the minor's parent or legal guardian.  Specifies that the minor and the minor's parent or legal guardian are not responsible for out-of-pocket payments for minor-initiated mental health treatment or counseling services.

 

CPH, JDC

SB 810

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.

Establishes biennial requirements of forty credit hours in specified continuing medical education programs for renewal of physician assistant licenses, beginning with the renewal for the licensing biennium on 2/1/2020, and every biennial renewal thereafter.  Authorizes the Hawaii Medical Board to conduct random document audits to enforce compliance.  Specifies conditions for forfeiture and reinstatement of a license.

 

CPH, JDC

SB 825

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO MEDICAL MALPRACTICE.

Limits medical malpractice liability for residents and fellows in accredited residency and fellowship programs acting under the supervision of a licensed physician.

 

CPH, JDC

SB 96

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CORPORATIONS.

Requires domestic and foreign corporations to provide their shareholders with reports of independent expenditures and political contributions.

 

CPH, JDC

SB 551

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Clarifies that a condominium association may exercise nonjudicial or power of sale foreclosure remedies regardless of the presence or absence of power of sale language in an associations governing documents.

 

CPH, JDC

SB 712

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Amends the Hawaii Real Property Tax Act by removing foreign partnerships, foreign limited liability companies, and foreign limited liability partnerships from the definition of "resident person".

 

CPH, 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