STAND. COM. REP. 169
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: H.B. No. 919
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 919 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to update and streamline various aspects of the health planning and resource development and health care cost control law, including the certificate of need program. Specifically, this bill:
(1) Raises the expenditure minimum for health care facilities and services to $5,000,000 for capital expenditures and $1,500,000 for new or replacement medical equipment;
(2) Includes geriatricians as primary care clinic providers;
(3) Increases administrative penalties; and
(4) Makes numerous technical changes to clarify and update the current law.
The Hawaii Disability Rights Center and Healthcare Association of Hawaii submitted testimony in support of this bill.
Your Committee finds that this bill makes numerous, important, substantive and housekeeping changes to the certificate of need program and related laws which are integral to keeping health care costs in Hawaii at a reasonable rate. This bill is an important step forward in modernizing these laws and ensuring that the full spectrum of health care in Hawaii continues to be readily available and affordable.
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. 919 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,
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____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair |
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