STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1517

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1300

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1300, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to change the composition of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation (HHSC) Board of Directors (Board) by:

 

(1)  Making the Director of Health a voting member of the HHSC Board;

 

(2)  Adding a member to the HHSC Board and having the member be appointed by the governor and serve as an at-large voting member for a two-year term; and

 

(3)  Clarifying that appointed HHSC Board members who reside in the County of Maui, eastern section of the County of Hawaii, western section of the County of Hawaii, and on the islands of Kauai and Oahu, shall each serve for a four-year term.

 

     The HHSC Corporate Board of Directors, HHSC Kauai Region, HHSC Oahu Region, and a concerned individual supported this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2011; and

 

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for 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 S.B. No. 1300, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1300, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair