HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2016

 

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Representative Della Au Belatti, Chair

Representative Richard P. Creagan, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Mark J. Hashem

Rep. Marcus R. Oshiro

Rep. Jo Jordan

Rep. Beth Fukumoto Chang

Rep. Bertrand Kobayashi

Rep. Andria P.L. Tupola

Rep. Dee Morikawa

 

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Friday, January 29, 2016

TIME:

8:30 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 329

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

HB 1674

Status

RELATING TO BEVERAGES FOR CHILDREN.

Establishes restrictions on sugar-sweetened beverages and other beverages served in child care facilities.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB 1775

Status

RELATING TO DRIVER EDUCATION.

Requires information on organ and tissue donation to be included in the curriculum for the statewide driver education program and behind-the-wheel driver training program.

 

HLT, TRN, FIN

HB 1641

Status

RELATING TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

Authorizes the examiner of drivers to include information about a person's disability on the person's driver's license or civil identification card.

 

HLT, TRN, JUD

HB 1759

Status

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Requires health insurers to promptly pay clean claims for services and repeals the exemption of medicaid claims from the clean claims definition.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB 1555

Status

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Requires the prompt payment of accident and health or sickness insurance benefits to health care providers within 30 days of receipt of a clean claim.  Establishes penalties for nonpayment of clean claims in a specified time period.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB 1673

Status

RELATING TO HEALTH CARE.

Establishes a durable medical equipment supplier licensure program for suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and related supplies through the office of health care assurance.  Allows license fees to be deposited into the office of health care assurance special fund.  Amends the cap on amounts of the health care assurance special fund that may be used per fiscal year.  Amends the balance of the health care assurance special fund above which moneys are deposited into the general fund.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB 1672

Status

RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS.

Authorizes a beneficiary of a prescription drug benefit plan to obtain a prescription without penalty from a non-network retail community pharmacy located within ten miles of the beneficiary's residence, if the nearest network retail community pharmacy is located over ten miles away.

 

HLT, CPC, JUD

HB 1757

Status

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Authorizes a pharmacy to provide a customized patient medication package to any patient of an institutional facility or any member of the general public, subject to certain conditions.

 

HLT, HED, FIN

 

 

 

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

 

Persons wishing to offer comments should submit testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing.  Testimony should indicate:

·     Testifier's name with position/title and organization;

·     The Committee(s) to which the comments are directed;

·     The date and time of the hearing; and

·     Measure number. 

 

While every effort will be made to incorporate all testimony received, materials received on the day of the hearing or improperly identified or directed, may be distributed to the Committee after the hearing.

 

Submit testimony in ONE of the following ways:

PAPER:  15 copies (including an original) to Room 331 in the State Capitol;

FAX:       For testimony less than 5 pages in length, transmit to 808-586-9608 (Oahu) or 1-800-535-3859 (for Neighbor Islander without a computer to submit testimony through e-mail or the Web); or

WEB:     For testimony less than 10MB in size, transmit from http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/submittestimony.aspx.

 

Testimony submitted will be placed on the legislative website.  This public posting of testimony on the website should be considered when including personal information in your testimony.

 

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids and/or services to participate in the House public hearing process (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the Committee Clerk at 586-9425 or email your request for an interpreter to [email protected] at least 24 hours prior to the hearing for arrangements.  Prompt requests submitted help to ensure the availability of qualified individuals and appropriate accommodations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Rep. Della Au Belatti

Chair