STAND. COM. REP. NO.  424-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 609

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 609, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to provide for the long-term care and other health care needs in the community by:

 

(1)  Authorizing Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to bring the Hawaii Medical Center-East facility under its governance through formal affiliation or acquisition; and

 

(2)  Appropriating funds for the hiring or contracting of staff to fulfill the purpose of the measure.

 

     Hawaii Health Systems Corporation and two individuals testified in support of the measure.

 

     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 H.B. No. 609, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair