HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2017

 

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Rep. Sylvia Luke, Chair

Rep. Ty J.K. Cullen, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Romy M. Cachola

Rep. Nicole E. Lowen

Rep. Isaac W. Choy

Rep. Nadine K. Nakamura

Rep. Lynn DeCoite

Rep. James Kunane Tokioka

Rep. Cedric Asuega Gates

Rep. Sean Quinlan

Rep. Daniel Holt

Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita

Rep. Jarrett Keohokalole

Rep. Andria P.L. Tupola

Rep. Bertrand Kobayashi

Rep. Gene Ward

Rep. Matthew S. LoPresti

 

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

TIME:

3:00 P.M.

PLACE:

Conference Room 308

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A #  2

 

HB 110, HD1

(HSCR400)

Status

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Makes appropriation for the public employment cost items and cost adjustments for employees of the various legislative agencies.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 232, HD1

(HSCR408)

Status

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Clarifies the allowable scope of collective bargaining negotiations regarding the rights and obligations of a public employer.

 

 

LAB, FIN

HB 1208, HD1

(HSCR393)

Status

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS.

Appropriates funds for two full-time equivalent (2.00 FTE) enforcement specialist IV positions to be primarily responsible for the enforcement of Hawaii’s workers' compensation, temporary disability insurance, and prepaid health care laws.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 4, HD1

(HSCR699)

Status

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Requires employers to provide a minimum amount of paid sick leave to employees to be used to care for themselves or a family member who is ill or needs medical care.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 213, HD1

(HSCR697)

Status

RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE.

Permits an employee to take family leave in order to care for the employee's sibling with a serious health condition or upon the death of an employee's child, spouse, reciprocal beneficiary, sibling, or parent.  Specifies notice and certification requirements.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 1382, HD1

(HSCR76)

Status

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

Assists small business in the state procurement process by establishing a temporary small business assistance initiative, small business advisory group, small business office, and small business procurement coordinator position within the state procurement office.  Appropriates funds.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 1415, HD1

(HSCR79)

Status

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

Establishes additional performance bond requirements for surety companies and bond companies under the Hawaii Public Procurement Code.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 1229, HD1

(HSCR81)

Status

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

Requires public procurement construction bids to list subcontractors and joint contractors only for contracts with an unspecified total value; provided that bids lacking this list may be accepted if in the State's best interest.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 573, HD1

(HSCR494)

Status

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

Prohibits bid shopping and bid peddling for the competitive sealed bidding process.  Prohibits the bidder from listing more than one subcontractor for each scope of work identified, unless subcontractors vary with bid alternates.

 

LAB/EDB, FIN

HB 377, HD1

(HSCR391)

Status

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Requires building permit applicant and their subcontractors to have and verify workers' compensation coverage or an exemption from coverage.  Requires coordinated communication between county building permitting agencies and the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations to ensure compliance.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 1181, HD2

(HSCR550)

Status

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION PRESCRIPTION DRUG REIMBURSEMENT.

Decrease the reimbursement rate for prescription drugs in the workers' compensation system based on a percentage of the average wholesale price.  Restricts the provision of physician-dispensed prescription drugs to a specified time following injury.

 

LAB, CPC, FIN

HB 1182, HD1

(HSCR418)

Status

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Requires the ERS actuary to conduct annual stress tests of the system.  Directs the ERS board to submit annual reports of the tests to the legislature.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 76, HD1

(HSCR409)

Status

RELATING TO SEPARATION BENEFITS.

Amends Act 1, SSLH 2016, as codified, by offering an employee the further option of electing to remain in the employee's position until the expiration of the applicable collective bargaining agreement.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 233, HD1

(HSCR410)

Status

RELATING TO SEPARATION BENEFITS.

Amends Act 1, SSLH 2016, as codified, to offer employees the choice of receiving both a voluntary severance benefit and a special retirement benefit or exercising a reduction-in-force right.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 234, HD1

(HSCR411)

Status

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Repeals the voluntary severance benefits from Act 1, SSLH 2016, as codified.

 

LAB, 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:  2 copies to Room 306 in the State Capitol;

FAX:       For testimony less than 5 pages in length, transmit to 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 586-6200 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. Sylvia Luke

Chair