STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1171_______

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1610
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No.
1610 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL
     PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS THAT
     PROVIDE HEALTH CARE FACILITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to authorize the issuance of
special purpose bonds to fund the renovation of existing health
care facilities and the establishment of a new health care
facility for Wahiawa General Hospital, Inc.

     The Wahiawa Hospital Association, the Central Oahu Physician
Hospital Organization, the Board of Directors of Wahiawa General
Hospital, and several individuals submitted testimony in support
of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Deleting references to central Oahu; and

     (2)  Changing the lapsing date to issue the bonds from June
          30, 2001, to June 30, 2003.

     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 S.B. No.
1610, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second

 
 
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Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1610, H.D. 1, and
be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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



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                                   ALEXANDER C. SANTIAGO, Chair