STAND. COM. REP. NO.  656

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 710

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 710, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure a sufficient number of long-term care beds are available for our elderly and disabled population by providing an exemption for qualified long-term care facilities from the certificate of need process.

 

     The Representative of the Fifth District and Department of Health supported this bill.  The Hawaii Centers for Independent Living and Healthcare Association of Hawaii opposed this measure.  The Hawaii Long Term Care Association submitted comments.

 

     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. 710, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair