STAND. COM. REP. NO. 613

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1620
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development and Business
Concerns, to which was referred H.B. No. 1620 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH CARE COMMUNITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to strengthen the provision of
health care and services to the community in the State by
authorizing:

     (1)  The Housing and Community Development Corporation of
          Hawaii (HCDCH) to work in partnership with private
          sector entities to develop health care communities in
          the State; and

     (2)  The issuance of general obligation bonds to finance the
          cost of acquiring, developing, improving, and
          constructing infrastructure for a health care community
          as provided in the bill.

     The Wahiawa Hospital Association, the Oahu Physician
Hospital Organization, the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers, Local Union 1186, the Mililani-Mauka
Neighborhood Board, Zane Development Group, Inc., Mahinui
Eldercare, LLC, Hawaii Eldercare, LLC, and several individuals
submitted testimony in support of the measure.  The Department of
Business, Economic Development, and Tourism submitted testimony
in support of the intent of the measure.  Comments on the measure

 
 
 
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were submitted by HCDCH and the Department of Planning and
Permitting, City and County of Honolulu.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Economic Development and Business Concerns that is
attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the
intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1620 and recommends that it pass
Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Economic
                                   Development and Business
                                   Concerns,



                                   ______________________________
                                   ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair