STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1364

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1260

      S.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1260, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO A GRANT TO KAHUKU HOSPITAL,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure the continuation of emergency and health care services to rural Oahu by appropriating $950,000 as a grant to Kahuku Hospital to continue its operations, preserve its hospital license, retain its certificate of need and critical access hospital designation, reorganize, and settle its debts.

 

     The Department of Health, Kahuku Hospital, Brigham Young University Hawaii, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, United Public Workers, Polynesian Cultural Center, Hawaii Reserves, Inc., and numerous concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1260, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair