STAND. COM. REP. 722

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 512

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 512 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to establish the Division of Community Hospitals (Division) within the Department of Health (DOH) and abolish the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation (HHSC) and transfer its responsibilities to the Division.

HHSC, HHSC Maui Region, HHSC West Hawaii Region, HHSC East Hawaii Region, HHSC Oahu Region, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and the Hawaii Government Employees Association opposed this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing all effective dates to July 1, 2010, to promote further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for 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 H.B. No. 512, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 512, H.D. 1, 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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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair