STAND. COM. REP. NO.  731

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 694

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 694 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation (HHSC) and the Maui Regional System Board to remove the Maui Regional Health Care System (System) and its facilities from HHSC by transferring regional assets to a legal entity that will finance and continue to provide health care services to Maui provided that:

 

     (1)  The transfer is to a legally constituted entity that is financially capable, independent of HHSC, of continuing to provide the same level of health care services currently provided by the System; and

 

     (2)  The transfer relieves HHSC of all debts, obligations, and liabilities of the System.

 

     The Hawaii Government Employees Association and a concerned individual opposed this bill.  HHSC provided comments.


 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 694 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair