STAND. COM. REP. 931

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 1675

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 Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 1675 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to amend the certificate of need (CON) program administered by the State Health Planning and Development Agency by:

(1) Increasing the minimum expenditure for projects requiring CON review;

(2) Increasing penalties for violations;

(3) Adding geriatricians as primary care providers; and

(4) Repealing the letter of intent requirement.

The Queen's Development Corporation, Hawaii Pacific Health, and Hawaii Disability Rights Center testified in support of this measure. The Healthcare Association of Hawaii also supported this bill with amendments. The Department of Health (DOH) opposed this measure.

 

Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by deleting its substance and inserting provisions that transfer the Executive Office on Aging from the Office of the Governor to DOH.

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. 1675, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1675, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

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

 

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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair