STAND. COM. REP. 2077

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2473

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2473 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR MOLOKAI GENERAL HOSPITAL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to cover operating costs at Molokai General Hospital.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Molokai General Hospital.

Your Committee finds that Molokai General Hospital is the only hospital on Molokai. Its funding from Queen's Health Systems has been severely cut, and it is imperative that services be maintained. The residents of Molokai live on a remote island with limited airline flights and a high unemployment rate. It is crucial that they have on-island medical services.

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. 2473 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

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

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair