THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2011

 

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES

Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland, Chair

Senator Les Ihara, Jr., Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Tuesday, February 08, 2011

TIME:

2:00 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 016

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 1510

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO ADOPTION RECORDS.

Amends provisions of the code relating to adoption records and the secrecy of proceedings and records, allowing access to adoption records by parties to the proceedings under certain circumstances.

 

HMS, JDL

SB 972

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO INCOME TAX.

Establishes a refundable tax credit for tuition and fees of parents who enroll in parenting and child development classes.

 

HMS, WAM

SB 973

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO INFANT AND TODDLER CHILD CARE CENTERS.

Requires the Department of Human Services to adopt rules to implement a standardized set of procedures accommodating complaints and grievances against infant and toddler child care centers.  Allows the department to publicize the procedures, including on its website.

 

HMS, JDL

SB 1168

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS.

Prohibits use of tobacco products by minors.  Establishes penalties for use of tobacco products by minors.

 

HMS, JDL

SB 1232

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT.

Includes tribal IV-D agencies and foreign countries as defined under federal regulations as authorized agencies that services and information can be provided to and received from.

 

HMS, JDL

SB 921

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO MINORS.

Allows a minor to give informed consent for emergency shelter and related services.

 

HMS, JDL

SB 923

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO THE COMMISSION ON FATHERHOOD.

Increases the terms of members of the commission on fatherhood from two to four years and limits commission membership to two terms.

 

HMS

SB 924

        Testimony

        Status

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE STATE COMMISSION ON FATHERHOOD.

Appropriates funds for the state commission on fatherhood.

 

HMS, WAM

SB 217

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO LIMITATION OF ACTIONS.

Eliminates the statute of limitations for civil actions brought by persons subjected to sexual offenses as a minor.  Revives for one year certain actions for which the statute of limitations had previously lapsed.

 

HMS, JDL

SB 216

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO CRIME.

Creates the misdemeanor offense of inadequate supervision of a minor for a parent or legal guardian who fails to exercise reasonable care, supervision, protection, or control over their minor child.

 

HMS, JDL

SB 209

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST PALOLO CHINESE HOME AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES.

Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Palolo Chinese Home in financing the capital costs related to the expansion, construction, and rebuilding of its facilities.

 

HMS, WAM

SB 210

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO THE PALOLO CHINESE HOME.

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds as grant to Palolo Chinese Home for the expansion, construction, and rebuilding of its facilities.

 

HMS, WAM

SB 936

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO AGING.

Establishes a department of aging to consolidate publicly-funded programs and services that would appropriately fall within the jurisdiction of a new department of aging.

 

HMS, WAM

SB 940

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO KUPUNA CARE.

Appropriates funds as a grant to the Alzheimer's Association, Aloha Chapter, to support and promote participation in elder registration services to protect individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia.

 

HMS, WAM

SB 1508

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES AND HEALTH.

Appropriates additional funding for the Kupuna Care program.  Effective 7/1/11.

 

HMS, WAM

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

FOR AMENDED HEARING NOTICES:  If the notice is an amended notice, measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If there is a measure that is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

Persons wishing to testify should submit testimony in one of the following ways by 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the hearing:

 

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·         By Email:  Testimony may be emailed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Committee at [email protected] .  Please indicate the measure, date and time of the hearing. Email sent to individual offices or any other Senate office will not be accepted.

 

·         By Web: Testimony may be submitted online if less than 4MB in size, at http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/emailtestimony.

 

·         In person:  1 copy of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 226, State Capitol.

 

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·         By fax:  Testimony may be faxed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6659 or 1-800-586-6659 (toll free for neighbor islands), at least 24 hours prior to the hearing.  When faxing, please indicate to which committee the testimony is being submitted and the date and time of the hearing.

 

Please note:  If you submit your written testimony after 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the hearing, please sign-in at the staff table to testify orally.  A copy of your testimony may not be available during the hearing but will be posted online for the public after the hearing. 

 

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.

 

Please note:  All testimony received by the Hawaii Senate will be posted on the Hawaii Legislature's Website.  Documents made available through the Testimony hyperlink(s) above may not be posted until the start of the hearing.

 

Public Folder.  A folder labeled “Public Folder” containing the testimonies for the hearing will be available for shared use by members of the public.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6130.

 

 

 

 

 

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Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland

Chair