STAND. COM. REP. NO.  980

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   S.B. No. 414

      S.D. 3

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 414, S.D. 3, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to give Hawaii Health Systems Corporation the ability to fully utilize its real property assets to continue to provide health care for the community.

 

     Specifically, this bill:

 

     (1)  Authorizes the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to mortgage its real property; and

 

     (2)  Clarifies that the dollar cap on the municipal leasing authority applies to each regional system, annually.

 

Maui Memorial Medical Center and Hilo Medical Center testified in support of this bill.  Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, Hawaii Government Employees Association, and the Office of Veterans' Services offered comments.

 


Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Restricting the terms of mortgages in cases where revenue bonds are granted to no longer than 30 years.

 

     (2)  Clarifying that no property that is affiliated with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, including properties that serve as veterans' homes, shall be mortgaged;

 

     (3)  Clarifying that no ceded lands shall be mortgaged; and

 

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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. 414, S.D. 3, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 414, S.D. 3, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair