Bill Text: HI SR38 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requesting The Hawaii Health Systems Corporation To Convene A Task Force To Conduct A Feasibility Study For Construction Of A Hospital In North Kona.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-16 - The hearing on this measure has been cancelled until further notice. [SR38 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2020-SR38-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.R. NO.	38
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE RESOLUTION

 

 

REQUESTING THE Hawaii health systems corporation TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO conduct a FEASIBILITY study FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A HOSPITAL IN NORTH KONA.

 

 

     WHEREAS, the population of North Kona on the island of Hawaii has significantly increased over the years, which has corresponded with a steady increase in the need for convenient access to medical services; and

 

     WHEREAS, today the growing community of North Kona faces a severe shortage of medical care and hospital services; and

 

     WHEREAS, the residents of North Kona would greatly benefit from the addition of a hospital in their community; and

 

     WHEREAS, the accelerated and shifting economic and population growth in North Kona has created a regional urban core inconveniently far from Kona community hospital with a population too large to be accommodated by the facility's 94-bed capacity; and

 

     WHEREAS, Kona community hospital in 2015 closed its skilled nursing unit and eliminated 34 positions; and

 

     WHEREAS, there has been a long-time community demand for a larger and more accessible hospital in North Kona; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirtieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2020, that the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation is requested to convene a task force to conduct a feasibility study for the construction of a hospital in North Kona; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force is requested to include the following members or their designees:

 

     (1)  A member of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate;

 

     (2)  A member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

 

     (3)  The Director of Health, or the Director's designee;

 

     (4)  The Chief Executive Officer of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, West Hawaii Region;

 

     (5)  A member of the West Hawaii Regional Health System Board of Directors; and

 

     (6)  Any other representatives the Chief Executive Officer of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, West Hawaii Region, or the Chief Executive Officer's designee, deems necessary; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Executive Officer of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, West Hawaii Region, or the Chief Executive Officer's designee shall serve as the chairperson of the task force; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that an initial meeting of the task force be held no later than June 1, 2020; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force, with the assistance of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, is requested to submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2021; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force be dissolved on June 30, 2021; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Health; Chief Executive Officer of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation,

Corporate Office; and Regional Chief Executive Officer of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, West Hawaii Region.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, West Hawaii Region; Hospital; Feasibility Study; North Kona