STAND. COM. REP. NO.  2074

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2023

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1016

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1016, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Amend the definition of "private entity" for the purposes of a public-private partnership for the delivery of health care services at Maui Regional System facilities to include licensed community hospitals or licensed hospitals serving a rural population; and

 

     (2)  Beginning January 1, 2024, require the Chief Executive Officer of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to provide written comments to the Governor before the State enters into a new agreement with a private entity or modifies or terminates an existing agreement to transfer the right to manage, operate, or otherwise provide health care services at one or more facilities in the Maui Regional System.

 

     Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.

 

     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. 1016, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair