REPORT TITLE:
Approp. Waianae Coast Health


DESCRIPTION:
Makes appropriation for the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Heath
Center for the Center's air conditioning replacement project.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           2968
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO THE WAIANAE COAST COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CENTER. 


BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that it is in the best
 
 2 interest of the State to ensure access to primary and preventive
 
 3 health care to all its residents.  This care not only results in
 
 4 a healthier and more productive population but also reduces
 
 5 publicly-supported costs for hospital and emergency room use for
 
 6 preventable conditions.  The legislature also finds that the
 
 7 Waianae Coast Comprehensive Heath Center provides for the health
 
 8 care needs of the entire Waianae coast population at a much lower
 
 9 cost than for the State to place a state health care facility.
 
10 However, the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Heath Center's physical
 
11 structure is in need of a new air conditioning unit to properly
 
12 maintain a suitable environment for its patrons and staff.  In
 
13 the past, the legislature has appropriated $286,000 for the
 
14 initial phases of installing a new air conditioning system in the
 
15 Center's physical structure.  The initial phases have been
 
16 completed and all that remains is the funds to purchase the
 
17 equipment and install the air conditioning.
 
18      The purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds to complete
 
19 the installation of air conditioning equipment for the Waianae
 

 
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 1 Coast Comprehensive Heath Center.
 
 2      SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
 3 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $640,838, or so much
 
 4 thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2000-2001, to
 
 5 complete the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Care Center's air
 
 6 conditioning replacement project.
 
 7      The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of
 
 8 health for the purposes of this Act.
 
 9      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2000.
 
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11                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________