STAND. COM. REP. NO.628

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 1587

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1587 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ACQUISITION OF HOSPITALS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to require approval of the State Health Planning and Development Agency (SHPDA) prior to the acquisition of an ownership or controlling interest in a private nonprofit hospital by a nonprofit corporation or a government agency.

Testimony in support of the bill was received by SHPDA.

Your Committee finds that existing statutes are inconsistent in that the acquisition of a nonprofit private hospital may not require the approval of SHPDA, but requires approval of the application to purchase by the Attorney General. This bill clarifies that SHPDA approval is also required.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1587 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce,

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KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair