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VIDEO: Hawaii Senate Special Committee on COVID-19 discusses coronavirus plan

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The Senate Special Committee on COVID-19 held a hearing this afternoon to assess and advise the Senate regarding the state’s COVID-19 plans.

The agenda today includes:

>> Confirm the development of the state departmental plans and procedures;

>> Review and assess current state departmental plans and procedures;

>> Review and assess whether state departmental plans and procedures are properly and timely implemented to safeguard public health and safety; and

>> To communicate and disseminate information obtained therefrom.

The hearing includes testimony from the following:

>> 1 p.m. Hawaii Emergency Management Agency MG Kenneth Hara, Incident Commander

>> 1:30 p.m. Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism Administrator Dennis Ling of Business Development and Support Division

>> 2 p.m. U.S. Small Business Administration Hawaii District Office District Director Jane A. Sawyer

>> 2:30 p.m. Department of Human Resources Development Director Ryker Wada

Watch the video above.

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