Date:

Tuesday, 07/12/2022

Start Time:

10:30 AM

Place:

Virtual Meeting

Agenda

MEETING OF THE
COMMITTEE ON BENEFICIARY ADVOCACY AND EMPOWERMENT
DATE:
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
TIME:
10:30 a.m.
PLACE: Virtual Meeting
Viewable at www.oha.org/livestream OR
Listen by phone: (213) 338-8477,
Webinar ID: 836 1200 2264
Due to COVID-19, the OHA Board of Trustees and its standing committees will hold virtual
meetings until further notice. This virtual meeting can be viewed and observed via livestream on
OHA’s website at www.oha.org/livestream or listen by phone: (213) 338-8477, Webinar ID: 836
1200 2264. A physical meeting location open to the general public will be available at 560 N.
Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200, Honolulu HI 96817. All members of the public that wish to access the
physical meeting location must pass a wellness check and provide proof of full vaccination or a
negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of entry.
 
AGENDA
I.
Call to Order
II.
New Business
A. Administration: 2022 Legislative Wrap Up*
B. Administration: Overview of Policies Within the Purview of the Committee on
Beneficiary Advocacy & Empowerment*
III.
Announcements
IV.
Adjournment
If you require an auxiliary aid or accommodation due to a disability, please contact Everett Ohta at
telephone number (808) 594-1988 or by email at: everetto@oha.org no later than three (3) business days
prior to the date of the meeting. Meeting materials for this meeting will be available for the public to view
48 hours prior to this meeting at OHA’s main office located at 560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200, Honolulu,
HI 96817. Meeting materials will also be available to view at OHA’s neighbor island offices and will be
posted to OHA’s website at: www.oha.org/bae.
In the event that the livestream or the audiovisual connection is interrupted and cannot be restored, the
meeting may continue as an audio-only meeting through the phone and Webinar ID listed at the beginning
of this agenda. Meeting recordings are available upon request to BOTmeetings@oha.org until the written
meeting minutes are posted to OHA’s website.
 
†Notice: The 72 Hour rule, pursuant to OHA BOT Operations Manual, Section 49, shall be waived for
distribution of new committee materials.
* PublicTestimony will be called for each agenda item and must be limited to those matters listed on the
meeting agenda.
Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, Chapter 92, Public Agency Meetings and Records, prohibits Board members
from discussing or taking action on matters not listed on the meeting agenda.
Testimony can be provided to the OHA Board of Trustees either as: (1) written testimony emailed at least 24 hours
prior to the scheduled meeting, (2) written testimony mailed and received at least two business days prior to the scheduled
meeting, or (3) live, oral testimony online or at the physical meeting location during the virtual meeting.
(1)
Persons wishing to provide written testimony on items listed on the agenda should submit
testimony via email to BOTmeetings@oha.org at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled
meeting or via postal mail to Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Attn: Meeting Testimony, 560 N.
Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200, Honolulu, HI 96817 to be received at least two business days
prior to the scheduled meeting. Any testimony received after these deadlines will be late
testimony and will be distributed to the Board members after the scheduled meeting.
(2)
Persons wishing to provide oral testimony online during the virtual meeting must first
register at:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PDJt0vtqS_qbEaxgjnNjsQ
You need to register if you would like to orally testify. Once you have completed your registration,
a confirmation email will be sent to you with a link to join the virtual meeting, along with further
instructions on how to provide oral testimony during the virtual meeting.
To provide oral testimony online, you will need:
(1) a computer or mobile device to connect to the virtual meeting;
(2) internet access; and
(3) a microphone to provide oral testimony.
(3)
Persons wishing to provide oral testimony at the physical meeting locationcan sign up the day of the meeting at the OHA
office lobby.
Oral testimony online or at the physical meeting location will be limited to five (5) minutes.
Oral testimony by telephone/landline will not be accepted at this time.
Once your oral testimony is completed, you will be asked to disconnect from the meeting. If you
do not sign off on your own, support staff will remove you from the Zoom meeting. You can
continue to view the remainder of the meeting on the livestream or by telephone, as provided at
the beginning of this agenda.
Please visit OHA’s website for more detailed information on how to submit Public Testimony OR Community
Concerns at: https://www.oha.org/how-to-submit-testimony-for-oha-bot-meetings/