STAND. COM. REP. NO. 4

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 123

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 123 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide greater flexibility to the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to purchase and contract for services.

Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, Hawaii Government Employees Association, and four individuals submitted testimony in support of this measure. Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc., submitted testimony in opposition. The State Procurement Office submitted comments.

Your Committee finds that increased flexibility, autonomy, and streamlined procurement processes are fundamental to the effective delivery of quality health care by the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation. The procurement code is not set up to accommodate the rapid, time-sensitive competitive needs of a modern health care system.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 123

and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Transportation and Government Operations.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair