STAND. COM. REP. 492

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 551

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Economic Development and Business Concerns and Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 551 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATED TO THE STATE HEALTH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to exempt a master planned health care center and retirement community located in Wahiawa from the certificate of need process.

Representatives from the Pacific Health Community Group, Wahiawa General Hospital, Pacific SportsCare, Wahiawa-Central Oahu Health Center, Wahiawa Hospital Association, and Haleiwa Family Health Center supported this measure, but recommended amendments.

The Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Hawaii Long Term Care Association, and a private citizen opposed this measure.

As the agency responsible for issuing certificates of need for the construction or modification of any health care facility in the State, the State Health Planning and Development Agency (SHPDA) plays a pivotal role in the development of the Project. Your Committees note SHPDA's absence from the public hearing and failure to provide any testimony on the matter.

Your Committees have amended this bill to change its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the public policy issues related to the certificate of need process.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Economic Development and Business Concerns and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 551, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 551, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Economic Development and Business Concerns and Health,

 

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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair

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BRIAN SCHATZ, Chair