STAND. COM. REP. NO.  302-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2756

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2756 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HOSPITAL LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure continuous health care services by establishing a Hospital Loan Guarantee Program to guarantee a portion of a loan made by a private financial institution to a hospital is experiencing short-term financial problems.

 

     The Hawaii Medical Center and a concerned individual supported this bill.  The Department of Health opposed this measure.

 

     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 H.B. No. 2756 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 Health,

 

 

 

 

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JOSHUA B. GREEN, M.D., Chair