David Ige - Intergovernmental Affairs Committee 2005-6

Friday, March 24, 2006 2:30pm
Conference Room 016

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Bills to be heard:

• SCR 72 SR 47 - Urging Hawaii's county, state, and federal level government officials to play an active role in creating "Heart Healthy Communities" (HTH/IGA)
• SCR 64 SR 41 - Requesting Hawaiian Airlines to reconsider its decision to disallow the transport of life saving organs for organ transplants on its flights (HTH/TGO)
• SCR 69 - Requesting the Director of Health to conduct a prevention and education campaign on the increasing incidence of bedbugs (HTH, WAM)
• SCR 70 - Requesting the Director of Health to develop a trauma system plan for Hawaii (HTH)
• SCR 71 SR 46 - Requesting a study on the issues hospitals face with regard to wait listed patients in Hawaii in need of long term medical care (HTH)
• SCR 76 - Urging healthcare facilities in the State of Hawaii to implement the "Utilization Guide for the American Nurses Association principles for safe staffing" (HTH)
• SCR 77 - Requesting the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study and analysis of the adequacy of payments for health care funded by the state and the adequacy of payments for health care using rates established by the state. (HTH, CPH)

• SCR 86 SR 56 - Requesting the Department of Health to study the health impacts of the Waimanalo Gulch sanitary landfill (HTH/IGA)
• SCR 103 - Requesting the Superintendent of Educationm with the assistance of the Director of Health, to establish a one-year pilot program in selected public elementary schools on the Waianae coast to provide free eye examinations to children entering Kindergarten, or any other elementary grade level if entering the state public school system for the first time, with a view to screening for eye health, and vision problems, and ensuring that students are not erroneously diagnosed as having Attention Deficient Hyperactivity Disorder (HTH, EDM)
• SCR 50 - Urging healthcare facilities in the State ofHawaii to implement the "Utilization Guide for the American Nurses Association principles for safe staffing." (HTH)

Note: Italicized bills are not IGA-related.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6687.