HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2002

COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION AND COMMERCE

Rep. Kenneth T. Hiraki, Chair

Rep. Jerry Chang, Vice Chair

Rep. Lei Ahu Isa

Rep. Terry Nui Yoshinaga

Rep. Ed Case

Rep. Joe Gomes

Rep. Ezra Kanoho

Rep. Mindy Jaffe

Rep. Hermina Morita

Rep. Barbara Marumoto

Rep. Blake Oshiro

Rep. Colleen Meyer

Rep. Joe Souki

Rep. Paul Whalen

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

Rep. Eric G. Hamakawa, Chair

Rep. Blake K. Oshiro, Vice Chair

Rep. Lei Ahu Isa

Rep. Terry Nui Yoshinaga

Rep. Ed Case

Rep. Emily J. Auwae

Rep. Jerry Chang

Rep. Joe Gomes

Rep. Ezra Kanoho

Rep. Barbara Marumoto

Rep. Hermina Morita

Rep. Cynthia Thielen

Rep. Joe Souki

Rep. Paul Whalen

NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:

Friday, March 15, 2002

TIME:

1:30 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 325

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

SB 2729

SD2

(SSCR2493)

RELATING TO BUSINESS REGISTRATION.

Replaces references to chapters 415 and 415B (previous Business Corporation and Nonprofit Corporation Acts, respectively), with references to chapters 414 and 414D (new Business and Nonprofit Corporation Acts, respectively). Clarifies that business entity fees may be adjusted without regard to rulemaking. (SD2)

CPC/JHA, FIN

SB 2732

SD1

(SSCR2515)

RELATING TO BUSINESS REGISTRATION.

Updates the State's business registration laws to reflect modern business practices and department filing procedures. (SD1)

CPC/JHA, FIN

SB 2730

SD1

(SSCR2494)

RELATING TO MERGERS.

Expands and clarifies business merger laws. (SD1)

CPC/JHA, FIN

SB 2093

SD1

(SSCR2508)

RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE.

Prohibits insurance fraud in health insurance provided by accident and sickness insurance contracts, mutual benefit societies through medical indemnity or hospital service associations, and HMOs. Exempts insurance company investigators from criminal liability. (SD1)

CPC/JHA

SB 233

SD2, HD1

(HSCR1009-02)

RELATING TO CHIROPRACTIC.

Clarifies the practice of chiropractic to include referrals for laboratory tests, physical therapy, and massage therapy; clarifies articulations and manipulative therapies; defines "extraspinal"; and clarifies violations and penalties. (SB233 HD1)

HLT, CPC/JHA

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

CPC ONLY:

SB 251

SD2

(SSCR2586)

RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS.

Establishes a professional counselor licensing program. (SD2)

CPC, FIN

SB 2094

SD2

(SSCR2524)

RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENT.

Removes sunset of Health Insurance Reimbursement Act; clarifies that a notice to a provider of a denied or contested claim is not required if the entity provides a monthly reimbursement report to the provider; requires entity to provide to providers a system to verify enrollee eligibility; limits the requirement of paying interest for interest accruals of at least $2; defines "clean claim". (SD2)

CPC, FIN

SB 2733

SD2

(SSCR2754)

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Amends the insurance code for internal consistency based upon enactment of the producer licensing law. Reinstates licensing scheme for managing general agents that was inadvertently repealed in Act 216, SLH 2001. (SD2)

CPC, FIN

SB 2883

SD1

(SSCR2800)

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Authorizes motor vehicle rental companies to sell insurance under a limited license. (SD1)

CPC, FIN

SB 2723

SD1

(SSCR2547)

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS.

Merges the Insurance Regulation Fund into the Compliance Resolution Fund. (SD1)

CPC, FIN

SB 2743

(SSCR2550)

RELATING TO CENTRAL SERVICE EXPENSES.

Deletes from the list of funds exempt from central service assessment the Compliance Resolution Fund (CRF) and the Insurance Regulation Fund (IRF).

CPC, FIN

SB 2724

SD2

(SSCR2548)

RELATING TO REAL ESTATE.

Reduces regulatory requirements for limited-equity housing cooperatives. Revises the licensure requirements for out-of-state real estate licensees who have previously met equivalent pre-licensing requirements by authorizing the Commission to enter into formal license reciprocity or recognition agreements. Streamlines regulatory requirements for condominium managing agents. (SD2)

CPC, FIN

SB 2885

SD2

(SSCR2790)

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Provides that a segregation of taxable income by a wireline telecommunications services provider is valid if not in conflict with tax rules. Effective July 1, 2050. (SD2)

CPC, FIN

SB 2582

(SSCR2544)

RELATING TO CAPTIVE INSURANCE.

Increases the minimum allocation to the captive insurance administrative fund from $250,000 to $1.5 million. Eliminates the premium tax rate differential between pure captives and other captives. Establishes a declining premium tax rate schedule for all classes of captives.

CPC, FIN

SB 3040

SD2

(SSCR2505)

RELATING TO CAPTIVE INSURANCE.

Clarifies confidential treatment requirements of captive insurance companies; effective July 1, 2050. (SD2)

CPC, JHA

SB 3031

SD1

(SSCR2504)

RELATING TO THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE.

Replaces article 1 of UCC with new article 1; makes conforming amendments. (SD1)

CPC, JHA

SB 2289

SD1

(SSCR2776)

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY REGIMES.

Gives a board of directors of a condominium association the authority to install telecommunications equipment; and to change current equipment due to changes in technologies or economic considerations. (SD1)

CPC

SB 2341

SD1

(SSCR2774)

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY REGIMES.

Requires that condominium property regimes located in special flood hazard areas be covered under a policy of flood insurance that complies with the National Flood Insurance Program and the Federal Insurance Administration. (SD1)

CPC

SB 2290

SD1

(SSCR2773)

RELATING TO INDEPENDENT BILL REVIEWERS.

Expands the types of credentials that may be substituted for domiciliary, experiential, educational, and examination requirements by an applicant for independent bill reviewer licensing. (SD1)

CPC

SB 2725

(SSCR2526)

RELATING TO NATUROPATHY.

Revises the accrediting standards for approved naturopathic schools to eliminate adverse consequences on applicants for licensure.

CPC

SB 2728

SD1

(SSCR2522)

RELATING TO ESCROW DEPOSITORIES.

Makes a housekeeping amendment to provision relating to the voluntary termination of an escrow depository by eliminating redundancy. (SD1)

CPC

SB 2734

SD1

(SSCR2786)

RELATING TO COMMERCIAL EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES.

Reduces regulatory requirements for commercial employment agencies by eliminating the requirement to license branch offices, exempting employer paid fee agencies from having to post a bond, and eliminating the requirement of employment agencies filing a yearly schedule of placement fees. (SD1)

CPC

SB 2468

SD1

(SSCR2520)

RELATING TO CONTRACTORS.

Lowers the contract price threshold for the requirement of a contractor's license from $1,000 to $500. (SD1)

CPC

HCR 29

HD1

(HSCR531-02)

REQUESTING THE CONVENING OF A TASK FORCE TO EXAMINE THE HAWAII PREPAID HEALTH CARE ACT, CHAPTER 393, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.

LAB, CPC

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

PERSONS WISHING TO TESTIFY ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT 50 COPIES OF THEIR TESTIMONY FOR THE JOINT CPC/JHA HEARING, AND 35 COPIES FOR THE CPC ONLY HEARING, AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING TO: (1) THE CPC COMMITTEE'S VICE CHAIR IN ROOM 435, STATE CAPITOL, OR (2) THE HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS PERSONNEL IN THE TURNAROUND AREA OF THE CAPITOL BASEMENT PARKING LOT. TESTIMONY MAY BE FAXED TO THE HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS OFFICE AT: 586-6501 (OAHU) OR 1-800-535-3859 (NEIGHBOR ISLANDS). WHEN FAXING, PLEASE INDICATE TO WHOM THE TESTIMONY IS BEING SUBMITTED, THE DATE AND TIME OF THE HEARING, AND THE REQUIRED NO. OF COPIES THAT ARE NEEDED FOR SUBMITTAL.

IT IS ALSO REQUESTED THAT THE COPIES BE ON ONE SIDE OF AN 8-1/2" X 11" SHEET.

ORAL TESTIMONY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE CPC COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6180.

IF YOU REQUIRE SPECIAL ASSISTANCE OR AUXILIARY AIDS AND/OR SERVICES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS OF THE STATE HOUSE (I.E., SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY, OR PARKING DESIGNATED FOR THE DISABLED), PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING SO ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE.

 

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Rep. Eric G. Hamakawa

Chair

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Rep. Kenneth T. Hiraki

Chair