STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2078

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 3120
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health and Human Services, to which was
referred S.B. No. 3120 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MAUI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize the issuance of
general obligation bonds in the sum of $2,900,000, for the Maui
Memorial Medical Center (Center) to upgrade facilities.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from three council members of the Maui County Council, Maui
Memorial Medical Center, and a private individual.

     Your Committee finds that an upgrade of facilities is
necessary to comply with National Fire Protection Association and
Americans with Disabilities Act regulations.  The current state
of the facilities are technically in violation of those
regulations and could expose the Center to costly liability and
jeopardize the safety of employees, patients, and visitors.

     According to the testimony of the Center, in March, 1999,
the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
sent an Accreditation Team to the Center and issued a Statement
of Conditions detailing the deficiencies with the Center's
facilities and including a timetable and estimated cost of
repairs.  This measure is intended to enable the Center to cure
those deficiencies.


 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Health and Human Services that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 3120 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and
be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Health and Human
                                   Services,



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                                   SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 
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