Report Title:

Hawaii Health Systems Corporation

Description:

Allows HHSC to determine when specific healthcare services that it provides can be reduced or deleted.

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

784

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 323F-31, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"[[]323F-31[]] Maintenance of services. (a) The corporation shall notify the legislature of any planned substantial reduction or elimination of direct patient care services.

(b) No substantial reduction or elimination of direct patient care services at any facility or the closing of a facility shall be undertaken by the corporation without the approval of the legislature.

(c) The legislature shall maintain review and oversight authority over the provision of direct patient care services provided at each facility and may intervene to counter or restrict any substantial reduction or elimination of patient care services.

(d) As used in this section "substantial reduction or elimination of direct patient care services" means the decrease or cessation of a type of health care service rendered at a corporation facility without ensuring the availability of the same level of healthcare service in the community being served at a lower cost to the corporation, or without executing a contract for the provision of the same level of healthcare service in the community being served according to section 89A-1 at a lower cost to the corporation.

(e) If any direct patient care services provided by contract with any person, firm, or private or public corporation or association, or through a contract executed according to section 89A-1 are eliminated by the contractor, the corporation shall provide for the resumption of those direct patient care services in the community being served."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be replaced is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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BY REQUEST