Bill Text: HI HB701 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Hawaii Health Systems Corporation; Direct Patient Care Services

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [HB701 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-HB701-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  248

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 701

      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. 701 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 allow the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation (HHSC) to substantially reduce or eliminate direct patient care services at its facilities after a community informational meeting, approval from the HHSC Regional System Board, ratification by the HHSC Board, and notice to the Governor and the Legislature.  The reinstatement of the affected services can occur only with the enactment of appropriate legislation, including funding.

 

     HHSC, the Kauai Region of HHSC, and the West Hawaii Region of HHSC testified in support of the bill.  The Hawaii Government Employees Association submitted testimony in opposition to the measure.  Comments were received by ILWU Local 142.

 

     To facilitate further discussion, your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Inserting a defective effective date of July 1, 2020; 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 Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 701, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 701, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair