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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 323F-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
 
 3 "(b)  Each regional committee shall sit in an advisory capacity
 
 4 to the chief executive officer on matters concerning the
 
 5 formulation of regional operational and capital improvement
 
 6 budgets, [and] the planning, construction, improvement,
 
 7 maintenance, and operation of public health facilities within its
 
 8 respective jurisdiction, and the substantial modification,
 
 9 decrease, or increase in the scope or type of health care
 
10 services rendered by the public health facilities within its
 
11 respective jurisdiction, and shall sit in an advisory capacity to
 
12 the governor on matters concerning the nominees for positions on
 
13 the corporation board.  Each regional committee shall serve as a
 
14 public forum for discussion on matters relating to public health
 
15 facilities within its respective jurisdiction, and shall act as
 
16 liaison between the public, the corporation, and its respective
 
17 subarea health planning council, as defined in section 323D-22,
 
18 Hawaii Revised Statutes.  Nothing in this section shall be
 
19 construed as precluding or preventing the committees from
 

 
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 1 coordinating their efforts and activities with the facility
 
 2 administrators within their counties."
 
 3      SECTION 2.  Section 323F-31, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 4 amended to read as follows:
 
 5      "[�323F-31]  Maintenance of services.  [(a)  The corporation
 
 6 shall notify the legislature of any planned substantial reduction
 
 7 or elimination of direct patient care services.
 
 8      (b)  No substantial reduction or elimination of direct
 
 9 patient care services at] No closing of any facility shall be
 
10 undertaken by the corporation board without the approval of the
 
11 legislature.
 
12      [(c)  The legislature shall maintain review and oversight
 
13 authority over the provision of direct patient care services
 
14 provided at each facility and may intervene to counter or
 
15 restrict any substantial reduction or elimination of patient care
 
16 services.]"
 
17      SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
18 New statutory material is underscored.
 
19      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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21                           INTRODUCED BY: ________________________
 

 
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