THE SENATE

THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2020

 

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, CONSUMER PROTECTION, AND HEALTH

Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair

Senator Stanley Chang, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

TIME:

9:00 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 2425

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Repeals the sunset provision of Act 196, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, making permanent the amendments to sections 514B-71(a), 514-72(a), and 514B-161, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

CPH, JDC

SB 2419

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Makes violations of voting requirements for elections of a condominium association subject to the enforcement powers of the Real Estate Commission.

 

CPH, JDC

SB 2421

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATIONS.

Repeals the sunset provision of Act 195, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, permanently codifying the amendments to the sections 514B‑105, 514B-146, and 667-94, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

CPH, JDC

SB 2874

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS.

Establishes the Safe Home Program to provide matching and nonmatching grants for installation of wind resistive devices to single-family, owner-occupied, residential property owners.  Creates one temporary position within the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to implement and administer the Safe Home Program.

 

CPH, WAM

SB 2422

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO ROOFING CONTRACTORS.

Prohibits roofing contractors from offering to pay, in any monetary form, an insured's insurance deductible as an incentive to encourage the insured to hire the contractor.  Allows insureds to rescind contracts with roofing contractors within five business days of receiving notification from an insurer that all or any part of a claim or contract is not a covered loss under the insured's insurance policy.

 

CPH, JDC

SB 2871

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSING TRUST FUNDS.

Allows the Contractors License Board and the Real Estate Commission to adjust, reduce, suspend, or cease collection of recovery fund and education fund fees when fund levels are adequate to carry out the statutory mandates for which the funds were created.

 

CPH, WAM

SB 2880

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO STATE SERVICE FEES.

Applies section 92-28, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to all fees collected by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

 

CPH, WAM

SB 2878

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO MASSAGE THERAPY.

Authorizes the Board of Massage Therapy to promulgate and enforce sanitation rules for massage establishments.  Repeals section 452-19(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes, in favor of existing statutes that already treat unlicensed activity as a misdemeanor.  Increases the minimum fine from $100 to $250 and the maximum fine from $1,000 to $2,000 for each violation.

 

CPH, JDC

SB 30, SD1

      (SSCR2356)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Requires pharmacies to provide written notice to patients advising them of certain risks associated with not properly disposing of unwanted or expired drugs, make available certain drug disposal options, and provide written informational materials concerning available drug disposal options.  (SD1)

 

CPH, JDC

SB 2897

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO MARRIAGE LICENSE FEES.

Amends the marriage license statute to support the Hawaii Birth Defects Program, modernization of the vital statistics system, and operating costs of marriage license agents.

 

CPH, WAM

SB 2901

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HEARING AND VISION PROGRAM.

Amends the hearing and vision program statute to increase the early identification of children with hearing or vision loss, by  establishing consistent protocols for hearing and vision screening and follow-up, screener training, and data collection for quality improvement.

 

CPH, WAM

SB 2899

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE MEDICARE CIVIL MONETARY PENALTY SPECIAL FUND.

Repeals the ceiling for using moneys in the civil monetary penalty special fund for use by the Department of Health for CMS-approved compliance activities.

 

CPH, WAM

SB 2896

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO DEAD BODIES.

Amends chapter 327, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to the medical and research use of bodies, and chapter 711, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to offenses against the public order, to clarify prohibited actions related to anatomical gifts.

 

CPH, JDC

 

 

 

 

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