THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2014

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABOR
Senator Clayton Hee, Chair
Senator Maile S.L. Shimabukuro, Vice-Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2014

DATE:

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

TIME:

10:30 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 016
State Capitol
415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

SB2031 SD1
(SSCR2449)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO HEALTH.
Establishes state licensing requirements for vendors participating in the competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies established by Section 302 of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

HMS/HTH/EGH, JDL

SB2634
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO LOBBYISTS.
Requires individuals who spend more than $750 on lobbying during a statement period to categorize each expenditure by dollar amount and describe each expenditure by nature and purpose, as determined by the state ethics commission.

JDL
[Measure added on 2/24/2014]

SB72 SD1
(SSCR86)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
Requires the department of public safety to assess and refer inmates to the Hawaii paroling authority (HPA) for possible medical release.  Allows an inmate to be considered for medical release at the request of the director, the inmate, or the inmate's representative, if the inmate meets specified criteria.  Requires the HPA to grant or deny the request after a hearing, to set reasonable conditions on an inmate's medical release, and to promptly order an inmate returned to custody to await a revocation hearing if the HPA receives credible information that an inmate has failed to comply with any reasonable conditions of medical release.  Sunsets on 6/30/2016.  (SD1)

PSM, JDL
[Measure added on 2/24/2014]

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 808-586-7330.