STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1553

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1117

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1117, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to ensure that residents of the State and visitors continue to receive quality healthcare by making an emergency appropriation to provide funds for the functions of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation and its regions.

 

     Hawaii Health Systems Corporation supported this measure.  The Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152 provided comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Making the appropriation in an unspecified amount; and

 

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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 S.B. No. 1117, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1117, S.D. 2, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair