THE SENATE

THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2019

 

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, CONSUMER PROTECTION, AND HEALTH

Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair

Senator Stanley Chang, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

TIME:

9:10AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 1009

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS.

Bans the sale of flavored tobacco products.  Effective 1/1/2020.

 

CPH, JDC

SB 1405

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO ELECTRONIC SMOKING PRODUCTS.

Establishes the offense of unlawful shipment of e-liquid products.  Includes e-liquid within the definition of "tobacco products", as used in the cigarette tax and tobacco tax law.  Increases the license fee for persons engaged as a wholesaler or dealer of cigarettes and tobacco products.  Increases the retail tobacco permit fee for retailers engaged in the retail sale of cigarettes and tobacco products.  Allocates a portion of funds collected excise taxes on tobacco products to health education and prevention programs about the risks and dangers of the use of electronic smoking devices for youth.  Repeals certain provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to electronic smoking devices.

 

CPH, JDC/WAM

SB 887

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO TOBACCO TAXES.

Increases the cigarette and tobacco tax by five cents.  Specifies revenue increases to be dedicated to specified health improvement purposes.

 

CPH, WAM

SB 1244

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS.

Clarifies that liability for illegally selling tobacco products to persons under 21 is borne by the retail entity or individual who holds a valid permit to sell tobacco products, as opposed to an employee.

 

CPH, JDC

SB 639

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO KUPUNA CARE.

Specifies that ten per cent of the moneys in the Hawaii tobacco settlement special fund shall be allocated to and expended by the department of health for purposes of the kupuna care program and the kupuna caregivers program.  Specifies that the allotment of tobacco settlement moneys shall not supplant the base budget of the executive office on aging.

 

CPH, WAM

SB 366

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Appropriates funds for the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia Services Coordinator position within the Executive Office on Aging.

 

CPH, WAM

SB 1124

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.

Facilitates the treatment of individuals with mental health issues.  Provides that any interested party may file a petition for a mental health order alleging that another person has a mental illness and qualifies for assistance.

 

CPH, JDC

SB 567

      Status & Testimony

RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT.

Requires an individual to be examined prior to release from emergency examination, emergency hospitalization, or voluntary inpatient treatment to determine whether an assisted community plan is indicated and, if so, requires the department of the attorney general to handle the petition for assisted community treatment.  Requires the department of health to convene a mental health emergencies task force.  Makes the department of the attorney general responsible for filing assisted community treatment petitions.

 

CPH, JDC/WAM

SB 1266

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.

Updates chapter 329-22, Hawaii Revised Statutes, by adding subsection (e) to make it consistent with amendments in federal controlled substances law as required under section 329-11.

 

CPH, JDC

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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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.

 

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Senator Rosalyn H. Baker

Chair